Inez García, a farmworker, was raped by two men in 1974. After - TopicsExpress



          

Inez García, a farmworker, was raped by two men in 1974. After they let her go, she retrieved her son’s gun, went to the house where the men were staying, and shot at both of them, killing one. As police arrived she surrendered to them. Garcia was defended in her first trial by Charles Garry, known for his work on behalf of the Black Panthers, but his strategy (which included claims that Garcia had suffered from mental problems) not only angered women’s groups but also failed in court. Garcia was sentenced to prison, but in a 1977 retrial, aided by attorney Susan Jordan’s self-defense strategy and changing attitudes about rape, she was found not guilty. [Garcia , Inez]. "I was defending myself, and I believe every woman has the right to defend herself under those circumstances"
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:52:24 +0000

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