Women Jurors in murder trials, like men, are often swayed by the "blame-the-victim-for-his-own-death" defense. This has been especially true when the victim is black, brown, and red young men. But blaming the victim is a slippery slope for women because it is a defense used successfully, mostly by white males in the rape and sexual violation of a woman's body--of any complexion-black, white, brown, red, or yellow. The similarities between the defense in murder and rape are eerily parallel. The blame-the-victim defense has been successfully used even when a woman is murdered and there is no doubt or dispute about... Read more →