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Journal Articles

Jill Adams: Unlocking Liberty: Is California’s Habeas Law the Key to Freeing Unjustly Imprisoned Battered Women?, 19 Berkeley Women’s Law Journal 217 (2004)

Media

2007

January 15: KZFR Community Radio’s “Shattered Lives” program (interview with Habeas Project Co-Coordinator Andrea Bible)

February 7: “Woman convicted of murder gets new trial” San Francisco Chronicle (about survivor Hudie Joyce Walker).

April : San Francisco Chronicle editorial (about survivor Flozelle Woodmore).

May 30: “State law, ruling on abuse of women help free inmate” Los Angeles Times (about survivor Joyce Walker)

June 16: “Battered woman freed from prison after 24 years” Los Angeles Times (about survivor Sandra Redmond).

June 16: “O.C. Woman Released From Jail After 24 Years” CBS2 (KCAL9 - Los Angeles) (about survivor Sandra Redmond)

June 28: “Schwarzenegger should free Woodmore” Inside Bay Area (about survivor Flozelle Woodmore)

July: Satellite Sisters radio program (interview with Habeas Project Co-Founder Olivia Wang)

July 15: “A Life Without Bars: Once-battered prisoners like Joyce Walker -- who killed their husbands -- have new hope of being freed from their cells, thanks to legal help from the Habeas Project,” San Francisco Chronicle.

July 15: “Free Flozelle” San Francisco Chronicle editorial.

July 16: “Spousal abuse victim discovers kinder, gentler life” Daily Breeze (about survivor Toby Yniguez) [not available online]

July 17: “Psychologists & Torture; Battered Inmates,” Against the Grain

August 1: “California's Parole System Abuses Battered Women,” Women’s e-news

August 2: “Justice Denied: One man stands between Flozelle Woodmore and the ‘free’ world - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,” In These Times

August 3: “Flozelle Free at Last,” San Francisco Chronicle Editorial.

August 3: “Governor backs down, will not oppose parole. Woman, 39, was 18 when she killed her abusive boyfriend” San Francisco Chronicle.

August 3: “Woman who says she was beaten wins release from state prison,” San Francisco Chronicle.

August 3: “Woman Who Killed Boyfriend Wins Release from Prison” KCRA 3 News.

August 4: “Woman Who Killed Abusive Boyfriend to Be Freed,” L.A. Times article

August 6: “Shattered Lives Radio” (KZFR, 90.1 FM in Chico) (Interview with Habeas Project Co-Coordinator Andrea Bible)

August 11: FOX TV in L.A. (interview with survivor Flozelle Woodmore)

August 12: “Lessons behind Flozelle Woodmore's Liberation” Inside bay Area

August 13: Cheryl Jones and Marisa González were interviewed on the KTVU TV’s morning show

September 10: “Crusade for justice: 2 attorneys fight to free Deborah Peagler” SF Chronicle

September 11: Habeas Project legal team members Nadia Costa and Joshua Safran were on KTVU TV’s morning show to discuss Deborah Peagler’s case.

September: “Freedom for Battered Woman: Flozelle Released!” Out of Time, Issue 87.

September 28: Without Walls radio (KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio show) featured Flozelle Woodmore and Marisa González discussing incarcerated domestic violence survivors’ experiences with the parole system (www.kpfa.org)

October 2: “When victims become killers: The last stop for some women in abusive relationships is prison,” Merced Sun-Star.

October 18: Survivor Cheryl Jones and daughter Erica Torrence appeared on The Montel Williams show.

November: Glamour magazine (article about the Habeas Project featuring Habeas Project Co-Founder Olivia Wang and Flozelle Woodmore.)

Fall 2007: Ms magazine, “Freeing the Survivors”

2006

March 5: Auburn Journal, “Finding freedom from prison, past: Film focuses on woman who killed alleged Lincoln abuser, recently set free by new law” (about survivor Susan Greenberg)

March 5: Auburn Journal, “In the Know: Battered Woman Syndrome and the law”

March 7: North County Times, “Jury selection to begin in new trial for 1991 slaying” (about survivor Joellen Johnson's re-trial)

March 10: KCAL (L.A. CBS affiliate), “Battered Woman Fights to Leave Prison” (about survivor Deborah Peagler)

March 17: ABC7 (Bay Area ABC affiliate), “Rose Parker is Free at Last 20 Years Later”

March 15: San Diego Union-Tribune, “Defendant abused, attorneys argue in 1991 slaying retrial” (about survivor Joellen Johnson’s retrial)

March 29: San Diego Union-Tribune, “Defendant in slaying retrial tells of abuse” (about survivor Joellen Johnson’s retrial)

March 31: San Diego Union-Tribune, “Credibility questioned in retrial: Woman is accused of killing husband” (about survivor Joellen Johnson’s retrial)

April 3: San Diego Union-Tribune, “Prosecution evidence paints woman as angry, obsessive” (about survivor Joellen Johnson’s retrial)

April 2: The L.A. Times, “Dispute in D.A.'s Office Blocks Inmate's Release: Cooley said a battered woman should go free after 23 years in prison. Her lawyers have filed a claim over revocation of the agreement.” (about survivor Deborah Peagler)

May 2: Jewish Sightseeing Blog. “A&E Documentary on Domestic Abuse Provides Insight on Court System; Raises Important Question for Parents” (about Susan Greenberg)

May 7: Nuestros Niños Radio Show Children of Incarcerated Parents, (former Free Battered Women Project Coordinator Tanya Reyes was a guest speaker to talk about children of incarcerated parents, as well as about women in prison.)

About Cheryl Orange’s Release:

June 1: The San Francisco Chronicle. “Abused Woman Acquitted of Murdering Husband After Second Trial”

June 1: CBS13 (Sacramento CBS affiliate). “Modesto woman Released After 21 Years In Prison”

June 1: News10 (Sacramento ABC affiliate). “Modesto Woman Released After Serving 21 Years for Husband’s Murder”

June 1: San Diego Union-Tribune. “Abused Woman Acquitted of Murdering Husband After Second Trial”

June 1: KXTV (Sacramento, Modesto, Stockton). “Modesto Woman Released After Serving 21 Years for Husband’s Murder”

June 1: CBS5 (Bay Area). “Modesto Woman Released After 21 Years in Prison”

June 1: KCRA TV (Sacramento). “Woman Who Killed Abusive Husband Freed After Acquittal” (Live Footage)

June 2: The Modesto Bee. “Retrial Sets Abused Wife Free”

June 2: The Sacramento Bee. “Retrial Acquits Wife Who Killed Husband”

June 2: News10 (Sacramento ABC affiliate). “Released Woman’s Former In-Laws Dispute Abuse Claims”

June 2: KFSN-ABC30 (Fresno ABC affiliate). “Woman Found Not Guilty in Husband’s Murder”

June 2: Contra Costa Times. “Woman Acquitted of Murder in Retrial”

June 2: The Daily Breeze. “Woman Who Killed Her Abusive Husband is Freed After New Trial”

June 2: The Desert Sun. “Abused Woman Cleared in Killing of Spouse Freed”

June 2: KFBK Radio (Sacramento). “Modesto Battered Woman Freed” (Radio Story)

June 3: The Modesto Bee. “A New Life”

June: KESQ (Palm Springs ABC affiliate).“Abused Woman Acquitted of Murdering Husband After Second Trial”

June: The Press-Enterprise. “Abused Woman Acquitted of Murdering Husband After Second Trial”

June: The Sacramento Bee. “Retrial Acquits Wife Who Killed Husband”

June 27: Law.com. “Pro Bono, Prolonged” (Deborah Peagler).

October 15: San Diego Union Tribune. “Law Opens Door in Slain Spouse Cases: Battery Defense Usable for Any Violent Felony” (about survivor Patricia Joellen Johnson).

About Cheryl Jones’s Life After Release:

October 18: New America Media. “Domestic Abuse Survivor, Freed from Prison, Speaks Out”

October 18: North Gate News. “Battered Woman Starts New Life Outside Prison”

October 19: Indybay. “Domestic Abuse Survivor, Freed from Prison, Speaks Out”

October 21: Oroville Mercury Register. “Acquitted, Woman Reflects on Abuse”

October 21: Chico Enterprise Record. “Acquitted, Woman Reflects on Abuse”

October 21: The Modesto Bee. “Battered Women Celebrate Freedom”

October 21: The Contra Costa Times. “Fundraiser Calls Attention to Abused Women’s Plight”

October 22: The San Francisco Chronicle. “Domestic Violence Victims Celebrate Prison Releases”

October 22: KCBS (Bay Area AM Radio). “Free Battered Women Call for Community Help”

October 24: Los Angeles Daily Journal, “Celebrating Freedom”

October 27: LSPC’s first show on Hardknock radio airs at 4pm on KPFA 94.1 (featuring survivor Nikki Lee Diamond, Jeri Becker, and Habeas Project Co-Coordinator Andrea Bible).

October 29: The San Jose Mercury News. “Prison Break: Schwarzenegger has Paroled 14 Times as Many Inmates as his Predecessor” (about survivor Ollie Johnson).

Bay Area Business Woman published an Op/Ed piece about parole for incarcerated survivors Flozelle Woodmore and Linda Lee Smith.

 

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