Audience Favourite | In Her Defence: When the accused is also a victim
Crime Story13 Jan 2025

Audience Favourite | In Her Defence: When the accused is also a victim

How should we deal with women who kill their abusers? In the Globe and Mail’s first longform podcast In Her Defence, reporter Jana Pruden tells the story of Helen Naslund, who shot and killed her husband after enduring 30 years of abuse. It’s a story about a long fight for freedom and a justice system stuck in the past.


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This episode's transcript can be found here.

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