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Resolved: It is morally permissible for victims to use deadly force as a deliberate response to repeated domestic violence.

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Table of Contents
META

• DEFINITION: SELF-DEFENSE
• DEFINITION: BATTERED WOMEN’S/CHILD SYNDROME
• DEFINITION: DEADLY FORCE

AFFIRMATIVE

• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS SIGNIFICANT
• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HARMS VICTIMS
• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HARMS CHILDREN
• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS ARE PUNISHED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; NEED NOT PUNISH AGAIN
• DEADLY FORCE JUSTIFIED: VICTIMS HAVE NO OTHER OPTION
• DEADLY FORCE JUSTIFIED: MOST DEADLY FORCE USE FITS LEGAL DEFINITION OF SELF-DEFENSE
• DEADLY FORCE JUSTIFIED: VICTIMS HAVE LOST LIBERTY
• DEADLY FORCE JUSTIFIED: ALLOWING ABUSE JUSTIFICATION FOR DEADLY FORCE TAKES STAND AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• BATTERED SPOUSE SYNDROME: ACCEPTED IN COURTS
• BATTERED SPOUSE SYNDROME: PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE OF ABUSED JUSTIFIED DEADLY FORCE
• BATTERED SPOUSE SYNDROME: MUST USE EXPERTISE OF PSYCHOLOGISTS TO HELP JUDGE ISSUE
• BATTERED SPOUSE SYNDROME: EVEN IF NOT PERFECT, THE ALTERNATIVE IS BLAMING THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• SHOULD EXTEND SELF-DEFENSE TO INCLUDE ABUSED KIDS THAT KILL PARENTS
• DISALLOWING SELF-DEFENSE RATIONALIZATION BAD: DENIES ABILITY FOR WOMEN TO COUNTER ABUSE
• A/T: ABUSED SHOULD LEAVE SITUATIONS BEFORE USING DEADLY FORCE
• A/T: ABUSED SHOULD SEEK LEGITIMATE PROTECTION
• A/T: SELF-DEFENSE FRAMEWORKS SHOULD COVER
• A/T: AFFIRMATIVE = VIGILANTE

NEGATIVE

• BALANCE NEGATIVE: MUST EVALUATE EVERY INDIVIDUAL CASE INDEPENDENTLY DEVOID OF VALUES
• BALANCE NEGATIVE: APPLYING AFFIRMATIVE RATIONALE TO SPECIFIC SITUATIONS PROVES NEGATIVE
• BALANCE NEGATIVE: EVEN IF PEOPLE LOOK AT FACTS DIFFERENTLY, MUST JUDGE EACH CASE INDEPENDENTLY
• BALANCE NEGATIVE: NOT ALL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE JUSTIFIES DEADLY FORCE
• BALANCE NEGATIVE: SOME DEADLY FORCE SITUATIONS ARE TOO GRUESOME TO ALLOW LEEWAY
• BALANCE NEGATIVE: SHOULDN’T EXCUSE DEADLY FORCE; PERHAPS LESSEN SENTENCE
• ALLOWING “ABUSE EXCUSE” BAD: GIVE FREE PASS FOR EVERY CRIME
• ALLOWING “ABUSE EXCUSE” BAD: RISKS SLIPPERY SLOPE
• ALLOWING “ABUSE EXCUSE” BAD: BASED ON JUNK SCIENCE
• BATTERED WOMEN SYNDROME CLAIMS BAD: BASED ON JUNK SCIENCE
• BATTERED SPOUSE SYNDROME CLAIMS BAD: SEXIST
• BATTERED SPOUSE SYNDROME CLAIMS BAD: = VIGILANTE JUSTICE
• BATTERED SPOUSE SYNDROME CLAIMS BAD: FORCES INDIVIDUALS TO LOOK PAST COMMON EXPERIENCE
• DEADLY FORCE BAD: CAPITAL PUNISHING ISN’T THE PUNISHMENT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• SELF-DEFENSE: SHOULDN’T GRANT ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
• SELF-DEFENSE: SELF-DEFENSE DOESN’T APPLY IN ALL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES
• A/T: SIGNIFICANCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE JUSTIFIED AFFIRMATIVE