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Oklahoma’s Domestic Abuse Problem
In Oklahoma, new legislation is being worked out to protect women who kill their abusers in self-defense. There are currently hundreds of women in jail on murder charges, because their history of trauma and abuse wasn’t taken into account when they were sentenced. State representative Toni Hasenbeck (R) tells Michel Martin how she hopes to change that.
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