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“Ruth Kamande Decision: When Battered Woman Syndrome Doesn’t Apply”

Brown wooden gavel on brown wooden table Introduction After a brief hiatus due to life's demands, I'm returning to share insights on a significant legal development in Kenya. The Supreme Court recently dismissed an appeal by Ruth Kamande, affirming her life sentence for the 2015 murder of her boyfriend, Farid Mohammed Halim. Kamande sought to introduce…

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