“Execessive” Force In Self Defence Against A Rapist, lady Sentenced 6-years Imprisonment

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A young woman in Mexico has been jailed for six years for killing a man who assaulted and r*p*d her at her home two years ago.

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The court acknowledged that the woman, named only as Roxana Ruiz, acted in self-defence when she killed her attacker in 2021, but said she used excessive force

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The woman, 23, first knocked the man unconscious, then strangled him, and finally tried to dismember his body.

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She kept the body for at least 20 hours before putting it in a plastic bag on the street.

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The court said that it took into consideration the woman’s “vulnerability as a woman and as an indigenous person” in its sentencing.”

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Roxana Ruiz will be appealing the sentence, which was handed down by Judge Mónica Osorio in Mexico, her attorney said.

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‘I feel sad, disappointed in (the) justice (system), they locked me up for nine months, they give me a sentence,’ she said following the court hearing. ‘If I had not defended myself, I would be the dead one.’

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Her lawyer, Ángel Carrera, fears that Osorio’s ruling could set ‘a bad precedent’ going forward if is not overturned.

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‘It’s sending the message to women that, you know what, the law says you can defend yourself, but only to a point,’ he said. ‘He raped you, but you don’t have the right to do anything.’

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Judge Osorio backed her sentencing by indicating that Ruiz ‘could have given him a blow to the head to defend herself and leaving him unconscious would have been enough.’

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She also ordered Ruiz to make a $16,000 reparation payment to Sinai Cruz’s family.

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The 23-year-old single mother was at a neighborhood bar having a drink with a friend on May 8, 2021, and ran into Cruz on her way home.

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Cruz offered to walk her home and then insisted that she allow him to stay the night because it was late and his residence was too far.

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Once inside, Cruz persisted that he be permitted to sleep in her bedroom,  Ruiz agreed and provided him a blanket to lay on. At one point, Cruz jumped on the bed and attacked and raped Ruiz, who fought back by punching him in the face before choking him with a shirt until he was dead.

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She stuffed Cruz’s body into a bag and dragged it out to the street, where a police officer on patrol took her into custody despite Ruiz telling him that she had been raped.

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Ruiz was charged with homicide and spent nine months in jail but was conditionally released ahead of the trial.

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She accused the police of making her relive the gruesome attack, claiming a cop told her that she wanted to have sex with Cruz before she backed out. She also said they repeatedly failed in providing access to a medical exam that would have confirmed her accusation against Cruz.

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In a 2022 interview with The Associated Press, Ruiz acknowledged remorse over her actions but said she had no other choice because she would have been dead.

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‘It’s evident that the state wants to shut us up, wants us to be submissive, wants us closed up inside, wants us dead,’ she said.

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