After 30 yrs of abuse, Helen Naslund killed her husband. She was sentenced to 18 yrs, perhaps the longest such sentence in Canadian history. @cfrangou did such a good job on this story about Helen, and how women who resist abuse are criminalized. chatelaine.com/living/helen-n…
@cfrangou It's hard to pick out the most upsetting part of this story, but I'll have a go. Maybe this, about how many women in prison are survivors of physical or sexual abuse. 
@cfrangou This, from Justice Sterling Sanderman, is pretty enraging. Neither Helen's first lawyer or the Crown mentioned her experiences, either.
Not a new piece of information, but always worth remembering: Indigenous women are the fastest growing demographic in Canadian prisons, completely disproportionate to their overall population.
And Helen's 18-year sentence stands in stark contrast to sentences handed out to men who killed their partners.
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