Mother that strangled her rapist, sentenced to prison
On Monday, a Mexico State Court found 23-year-old Roxana Ruiz guilty of homicide with “excessive use of legitimate defense” for strangling a man to death with a t-shirt after he raped her. She was sentenced to six years and two months in prison and ordered to pay over $16,000 in restitution to the family of her attacker. The decision has sparked protests and backlash, with Ruiz’s defense attorney Ángel Carrera calling it “discriminatory” and stating …