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Marivic Genosa shot and killed her husband Ben while he was asleep in their bed. She had endured eight years of abuse from Ben. At trial, she was convicted of parricide but claimed "battered woman syndrome" as a defense. The Supreme Court affirmed her conviction but reduced her sentence due to two mitigating circumstances: the cumulative provocation from the abuse and acting out of an uncontrollable impulse. In dissent, one justice argued battered woman syndrome should be recognized as a valid form of self-

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Janine

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