肯尼亚最高法院维持Ruth Wanjiku Kamande2015年的谋杀罪判决, Kenya's Supreme Court upholds Ruth Wanjiku Kamande's 2015 murder conviction, rejecting her "Battered Woman Syndrome" appeal.

肯尼亚最高法院驳回了Ruth Wanjiku Kamande针对她2015年谋杀男友Farid Mohamed Halim的上诉。 The Supreme Court of Kenya has rejected Ruth Wanjiku Kamande's appeal against her 2015 murder conviction of her boyfriend, Farid Mohamed Halim. Kamande辩称,她的案件应当以自卫为由考虑“受害妇女综合症”,但法院驳回了她的上诉,因为先前的审判中没有提出这个问题。 Kamande argued that her case should consider "Battered Woman Syndrome" for self-defense, but the court dismissed her appeal because the issue was not raised in earlier trials. 法院指出,必须在初始审判阶段提供这类法律辩护。 The court stated that such legal defenses must be introduced at the initial trial stages.