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This week on "The State of Ohio": The budget is on its way to a committee that will hammer out the differences before the end of the month deadline. But there are serious issues on both sides that could slow down the talks. A billion dollars is headed back to Ohio employers who paid into the states Bureau of Workers' Comp program. But a critic says the BWC has an outstanding bill that remains unpaid. And more on how Ohio's poorest people are surviving the rising costs of a basic existence.
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| Supreme Court puts limits on so-called "battered woman" defense in murder trials. |
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By Bill Cohen - December 30, 2010 |
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Some women on trial for killing their husbands or boyfriends use a legal defense called “battered woman syndrome.” Their lawyers contend that years of violent abuse the women have suffered should be considered a mitigating factor that might explain their crime. Prosecutors may try to discredit that legal defense, but the Ohio Supreme Court has just issued a ruling that puts a limit on what prosecutors may do. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. |
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Bill Cohen reports (1:20) 
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