Dealing With the Nastiness: Mixing Feminism and Criminal Law in the Review Cases of Battered Incarcerated Women—A Tenth-Year Reflection

Abstract

In 1990, Ohio governor Richard Celeste granted clemency to twenty-eight incarcerated battered women. This article describes the author's involvement with the clemency decisions and gives an overview of the plight of battered women in society at that time. Supreme Court cases dealing with battered women are also discussed, as well as the future of feminism and criminal law in working to resolve the problem of domestic violence.