When Abused Women Kill: A Discussion of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center’s New Report, ‘Fatal Peril’

On a recent episode of Stanford Legal, Stanford Criminal Justice Center Executive Director Debbie Mukamal, along with SLS student Jacqueline Lewittes, JD ’25, discussed their recently released report, “Fatal Peril: Unheard Stories from the IPV-to-Prison Pipeline and Other Stories Touched by Violence,” researched and drafted as part of an SLS Law and Policy Lab practicum. The report, which was prominently featured in a recent New York Times opinion piece, is the result of a multi-year effort by the Regilla Project, a research initiative of the Criminal Justice Center that focuses on women incarcerated for homicide offenses growing out of their own abuse. Link to full interview here.