The New York Times, October 13, 2011 by Nancy K. D. Lemon and Heather B. Warnken
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/opinion/domestic-violence-and-a-murder-acquittal.html?scp=5&sq=Berkeley&st=nyt
There is no special battered woman’s defense. What we are talking about is evidentiary support — highly relevant and admissible — as to whether or not the defendant reasonably believed that her life was in danger.