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Please discuss and answer each of the following questions using materials from the Winkler article and from lecture/assigned reading/danger assessment handouts. You will be graded based on your ability to critically evaluate issues raised by this case. The assignment will be due on June 27 at 11:59 PM
List and critically evaluate the evidence presented by the prosecution in support of first degree murder conviction. Do you find it convincing, why or why not? (Please be specific).  15 pts
Based on the article what was the basis for Mary Winkler’s defense for shooting her husband in the back with a shotgun while he slept? 10 pts 
List and critically evaluate the evidence presented by her defense attorneys in support of the above defense (with a particular emphasis on the “battered woman’s defense”? Did you find it convincing? Why or why not? (Please be specific).  15 pts
Part of her defense assertions included the allegation that Winkler was in a “dissociative state” when she killed her husband (i.e., had a temporary psychotic break). Do you buy this? Why or why not? (Please be specific) Did the defense present evidence that contradicted this position? Why or why not? (Please be specific).  10 pts
What was Mary Winkler’s verdict? What was her sentencing outcome. Compare and contrast this outcome with that of Wendy Maldonaldo’s. Do you agree with the criminal justice outcomes in these cases? Why or why not?  15 pts
Do you think that men’s rights advocate groups who claim that  Winkler’s outcome is just another example of bias in favor of female defendants in the criminal justice system to be justified? Why or why not? 5 pts