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Defendant?s Lawyer Argues That Boston Area Client Who Killed Boyfriend Is The Victim

By Altman & Altman

Slightly north of Boston, this week began with another romantic entanglement that spilled into the halls of justice. This time, it was substantially more tragic than our tale in yesterday?s daily blog. This time, somebody died. The prosecutor says that the killer is a criminal. Her defense lawyer, however, says she is the true victim, a victim of domestic violence. Kimberly S, 30, of Somerville (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) was arraigned yesterday for murder. She is charged with plunging a kitchen knife into the chest of her boyfriend this past weekend. However, she claims that the killing of Amaldo A., 42, (hereinafter, the ?Deceased?) was done in self-defense. The Defendant, who claims to be a longtime victim of domestic abuse told police that she killed her boyfriend in the midst of another argument, according to a defense attorney and a police report filed today in court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on December 30, 2008 (boomark / email).