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"Herndon Woman Pleads Guilty In Shooting." The Washington Post. Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive. 1990. HighBeam Research. 7 Dec. 2014 <http://www.highbeam.com>.
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A Herndon woman pleaded guilty yesterday in Fairfax Circuit Court to unlawful wounding of her boyfriend, who was shot once in the chest Aug. 25.
Carolyn Bothwell, 27, of the 1100 block of Player Way, said she entered the plea after the prosecution offered to recommend probation. She said she did not want to risk losing custody of her 3-year-old son.
Bothwell's attorney, Gerald Bruce Lee, said in court that if the case had gone to trial, the defense had planned to argue that Phillip Brown, 47, was shot in self defense and that Bothwell suffered from battered women's syndrome, defined as a psychological condition that prevents battered women from leaving a relationship. …
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