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<v ->I should have ran out the door, but I was just panicked.</v>

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So I ran down the hall to the bedroom.

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Well, then, that's where he choked me until I passed out

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and then I woke up with no clothes on

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and I had peed on the sheets.

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And he told me that if I said one word

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or even breathed wrong, he would kill me.

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Chris, that's my brother, he got there so quick,

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I didn't even know he was even in there.

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<v ->But when your brother came in the house,</v>

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he was carrying his gun?

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<v ->Yes.</v>

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And I heard...

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I heard, "You tried to kill my sister?

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"You raped my sister?"

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Todd had him in a headlock and I grabbed the gun

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and I was like, "Stop, stop," you know.

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"Let him go, let him go," you know?

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And he wouldn't and I said, "Chris, move!"

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And Chris couldn't move because Todd had him in, you know,

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beating him in the head.

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And so when I got a clean shot, I shot him.

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I mean, I wasn't trying to kill him.

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I wasn't trying to murder anybody.

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He had just tried to kill me.

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And if he would've gotten my brother to the ground

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and came at me, what were we going to if he got the gun?

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We would have both been dead.

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You know what I mean, like, I was just scared.

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[papers rustling]

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[Brittany sobbing]

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<v ->[Brittany Voiceover] I did what I thought I had to do.</v>

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What I did I had to do, no doubt in my mind.

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'Cause if I wouldn't have,

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my brother and I would both be dead right now.

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<v Ramona>The defendant is currently</v>

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being charged with murder.

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The defendant is in need of investigative notes,

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charge, reports, tape recordings,

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and any and all documentation.

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<v ->My whole case falls under the Stand Your Ground.</v>

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The man was in my home.

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He did rape me.

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He tried to kill me.

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He tried to kill my brother.

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But women are not getting this Stand Your Ground.

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Men are getting the Stand Your Ground

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and they're winning it everyday.

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They put me in jail.

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They took me cold-turkey off my medications,

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off my anxiety medicine, off of everything.

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[train horn sounds in distance]

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<v ->She suffers from PTSD, anxiety.</v>

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If we go in Foodland, she's terrified.

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We can't go in a restaurant to eat.

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We have to go through the drive-through.

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<v ->I lost everything.</v>

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[car signal ticking]

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<v Ramona>You'll get every bit of it back, baby.</v>

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[vehicle rumbling]

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[crickets chirping]

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It's all going to be okay, baby.

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Don't cry.

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[Brittany sighs]

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What?

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<v ->I'm just going to be stashed away again.</v>

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[Brittany sobbing]

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<v ->It's going to be okay.</v>

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It's going to be okay.

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[leaves rustling]

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I miss my daughter, the way that she was, you know.

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She was happy, she was carefree.

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She didn't...

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She wasn't scared.

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<v ->That's my boys.</v>

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That's the day before I got sent away,

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this last time.

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My children have heard that I was in jail,

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that I murdered someone.

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There's all of them.

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When I only get to the see them

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two hours every other weekend,

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how am I supposed to deal with that?

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<v Son>Hi mom!</v>
<v Brittany>Hi babe!</v>

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<v Son>Love you.</v>
<v Brittany>I love you.</v>

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Did you have a fun time in the fort?

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<v Son>I did.</v>

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Hi mom!

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<v ->Hey babe, what is it?</v>

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[Son speaking indistinctly]

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What is it?

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[Son speaking indistinctly]

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Well, what was wrong with you?

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<v Son>I've got a head cold.</v>

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<v ->Well, that's usual for the time of the year.</v>

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I hope you feel better, baby.

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We used to be build forts when you were all little

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in our old house with me and you and Me Me and Maw Maw

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and uncle...

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and Sander.

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We used to build forts in the living room like that.

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They want me to take 25 years in prison.

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[bike revving]

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I'm not gonna take that plea.

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I should not have to take that plea.

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That's not fair, I want my day in court to share my story.

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I'm hoping that this goes through

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because it shouldn't just be a law for men.

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I've lost time with my family.

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They've lost time with me.

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And nobody can give me a good reason why.

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[birds chirping]

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<v Man>How you doin'?</v>
<v ->I'm all right.</v>

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I needn't, anyway.

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I want my day in court for other people around here

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that have been brushed under the rug,

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that have been raped and beaten and never got justice.

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<v Ramona>I'm ashamed of my county.</v>

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This has been a home for me

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ever since I was a little bitty girl.

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This is not home anymore, not for any of us.

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