Review the movie “The Burning Bed” (1984). You have been asked by the defense attorney to evaluate the mother of three children who killed her husband. How would you approach the evaluation? What questions would be the most important for the evaluation to address? How does the Battered Woman’s Syndrome pertain? Is it a valid syndrome? Is it a valid defense? If not, why not? What are the laws governing self-defense? Do they apply in this case?
