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Mar. 27, 2009

Connie's Plight

The case of Connie Keel highlights the struggles of battered and abused women.

FORUM COLUMN

By Adam Reich

Since January, I've been anything but a typical law student. I have dedicated my time, not to casebooks and statutory supplements, but to testing advocacy outside the classroom and the courtroom. I've spent every waking hour campaigning for the freedom of Connie Keel, a 50-year-old Santa Monica woman who has spent three decades in prison because she sat in a car while her husband robbed and killed a store clerk.

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