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Professor Cross Comments on Gender Discrepancy in Alabama’s Stand Your Ground Law

January 22, 2020

Professor Courtney Cross is quoted by Al.com about the effects of gender discrepancy when arguing for justifiable homicide in Alabama.

For more, read “Alabama Woman Says She Killed Her Rapist in Self-Defense. She Could Spend Life in Prison.


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