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Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:00 AM

What's so funny about abusive girlfriends?

News about women's role in domestic violence inspires comedy, as well as cries in defense of men.
Carol Lloyd

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  • Thursday, October 25, 2007 06:48 PM

    my point re: the shoes

    My point was that the jury (and the audience in the courtroom) convicted Matt Winkler, a man who had been shot in the back in his sleep and therefore wasn't able to offer his side of the story, of abusing his wife, based on the small-town knee-jerk reaction to a pair of fuck-me shoes. A woman got away with killing her husband (she's free now, and trying to get her children back) largely because of the emotional impact of those shoes.

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