Lavern Longsworth
Lavern Longsworth is a Belizean woman who, after killing her abusive husband, was released from prison following a landmark legal precedent that recognized battered woman syndrome as a valid defense.
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Lavern Longsworth, who killed her husband after enduring years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, was released from prison in Belize in 2014.
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