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Avelina Jaurigue stabbed and killed Amado Capiña in a chapel after he sexually assaulted her. She claimed self-defense of her honor. The lower court convicted her of homicide. The Court of Appeals found that while Avelina could not be absolved of criminal liability, there were mitigating circumstances including that she acted in immediate response to provocation and surrendered immediately. It reduced her penalty to an indeterminate sentence of 2 months to 2 years imprisonment, finding she acted without cri
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- Dennisgilbert Gonzales
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