Keshia Golden was eight months pregnant when she fatally stabbed her boyfriend, Calvin Sidney, after what she says was another violent attack in a relationship marked by repeated domestic violence allegations. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Golden maintained that she acted to protect herself and her unborn child.
Nearly four years later, just as her trial was set to begin, prosecutors offered Golden a dramatically reduced deal. She pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and received two years of probation with no prison time. We break down the history of alleged abuse, the conflicting accounts of the fatal confrontation, the evidence behind Golden’s self-defense claim, why she rejected an earlier murder plea, and why she ultimately accepted this deal.
Was the prosecution justified—or was a domestic violence survivor criminalized for defending herself?
Houston police jump into an Uber to pursue a suspect.
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https://ij.org/the-ij-database-of-alpr-abuse/
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