Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) is the first inmate-initiated and inmate-led group in the United States prison system and is located at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino, CA. This group provides a setting for incarcerated women to share their past experiences of victimization and to discuss their legal cases. Created in 1989, by then inmate Brenda Clubine, CWAA played an active role in a statewide effort to establish precedence for the state of California legally applying the Battered woman defense. Although Battered Women Syndrome came into public consciousness and academic debate in the 1980s, the legal system in the United States was slower to accept the syndrome as a mitigating factor in murder cases. The women of CWAA decided to try to make change in a system that did not recognize the intricacies of an abusive relationship, and through careful orchestration of letter writing campaigns, media coverage, and senate hearings a movement was born and in 1992, Battered Women Syndrome became legally defined.Still, there was cause for protest from the women of CWAA, since the majority were convicted prior to the availability of the Battered Women Syndrome defense being given its proper weight in court. The women of CWAA took a stand for what could be their improper convictions, since battered women who kill would now be receiving, on average, a 6-8 year sentence of involuntary manslaughter compared with their sentences of murder. More than thirty petitions for clemency were sent to (then) California Governor Pete Wilson. Due to Wilson’s lack of response, and the Board of Prison Terms unwillingness to release these women, the clemency movement in California had lost much of its momentum by 1995, with only a small handful of the CWAA gaining freedom while many remained incarcerated. By the early 2000s, CWAA was able to organize another legislative hearing at CIW and activists started petitioning on their behalf. On January 1, 2002, Penal Code 1473.5 became law, making California the first state in the nation to permit battered women convicted of killing their batterers to file a writ of habeas corpus that challenged their original conviction if sentencing occurred prior to 1992. The CWAA efforts have resulted in many of their fellow inmates being released with cases being re-tried and convictions overturned. As of 2010, 25 women have found freedom because of the group's efforts. And the women who remain behind bars continue to create new means to have their voices heard. Convicted Women Against Abuse is documented in the 2009 domestic violence documentary film Sin by Silence by Olivia Klaus."@en }
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- Convicted_Women_Against_Abuse abstract "Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) is the first inmate-initiated and inmate-led group in the United States prison system and is located at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino, CA. This group provides a setting for incarcerated women to share their past experiences of victimization and to discuss their legal cases. Created in 1989, by then inmate Brenda Clubine, CWAA played an active role in a statewide effort to establish precedence for the state of California legally applying the Battered woman defense. Although Battered Women Syndrome came into public consciousness and academic debate in the 1980s, the legal system in the United States was slower to accept the syndrome as a mitigating factor in murder cases. The women of CWAA decided to try to make change in a system that did not recognize the intricacies of an abusive relationship, and through careful orchestration of letter writing campaigns, media coverage, and senate hearings a movement was born and in 1992, Battered Women Syndrome became legally defined.Still, there was cause for protest from the women of CWAA, since the majority were convicted prior to the availability of the Battered Women Syndrome defense being given its proper weight in court. The women of CWAA took a stand for what could be their improper convictions, since battered women who kill would now be receiving, on average, a 6-8 year sentence of involuntary manslaughter compared with their sentences of murder. More than thirty petitions for clemency were sent to (then) California Governor Pete Wilson. Due to Wilson’s lack of response, and the Board of Prison Terms unwillingness to release these women, the clemency movement in California had lost much of its momentum by 1995, with only a small handful of the CWAA gaining freedom while many remained incarcerated. By the early 2000s, CWAA was able to organize another legislative hearing at CIW and activists started petitioning on their behalf. On January 1, 2002, Penal Code 1473.5 became law, making California the first state in the nation to permit battered women convicted of killing their batterers to file a writ of habeas corpus that challenged their original conviction if sentencing occurred prior to 1992. The CWAA efforts have resulted in many of their fellow inmates being released with cases being re-tried and convictions overturned. As of 2010, 25 women have found freedom because of the group's efforts. And the women who remain behind bars continue to create new means to have their voices heard. Convicted Women Against Abuse is documented in the 2009 domestic violence documentary film Sin by Silence by Olivia Klaus.".
- Q5166567 abstract "Convicted Women Against Abuse (CWAA) is the first inmate-initiated and inmate-led group in the United States prison system and is located at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino, CA. This group provides a setting for incarcerated women to share their past experiences of victimization and to discuss their legal cases. Created in 1989, by then inmate Brenda Clubine, CWAA played an active role in a statewide effort to establish precedence for the state of California legally applying the Battered woman defense. Although Battered Women Syndrome came into public consciousness and academic debate in the 1980s, the legal system in the United States was slower to accept the syndrome as a mitigating factor in murder cases. The women of CWAA decided to try to make change in a system that did not recognize the intricacies of an abusive relationship, and through careful orchestration of letter writing campaigns, media coverage, and senate hearings a movement was born and in 1992, Battered Women Syndrome became legally defined.Still, there was cause for protest from the women of CWAA, since the majority were convicted prior to the availability of the Battered Women Syndrome defense being given its proper weight in court. The women of CWAA took a stand for what could be their improper convictions, since battered women who kill would now be receiving, on average, a 6-8 year sentence of involuntary manslaughter compared with their sentences of murder. More than thirty petitions for clemency were sent to (then) California Governor Pete Wilson. Due to Wilson’s lack of response, and the Board of Prison Terms unwillingness to release these women, the clemency movement in California had lost much of its momentum by 1995, with only a small handful of the CWAA gaining freedom while many remained incarcerated. By the early 2000s, CWAA was able to organize another legislative hearing at CIW and activists started petitioning on their behalf. On January 1, 2002, Penal Code 1473.5 became law, making California the first state in the nation to permit battered women convicted of killing their batterers to file a writ of habeas corpus that challenged their original conviction if sentencing occurred prior to 1992. The CWAA efforts have resulted in many of their fellow inmates being released with cases being re-tried and convictions overturned. As of 2010, 25 women have found freedom because of the group's efforts. And the women who remain behind bars continue to create new means to have their voices heard. Convicted Women Against Abuse is documented in the 2009 domestic violence documentary film Sin by Silence by Olivia Klaus.".