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1) The appellant, Marivic Genosa, was convicted of parricide for killing her husband and sentenced to death. 2) In her appeal, the appellant claimed that despite evidence of repeated abuse by her husband, the court failed to consider her theory of self-defense or the "battered woman syndrome". 3) The Supreme Court ruled that the "battered woman syndrome" deserves serious consideration as a possible mitigating circumstance. It ordered a partial reopening of the case to allow expert testimony on whether th

Author

Lance Lagman

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EN