Injuries such as bite marks that result from defending oneself, which can serve as a telltale sign supporting self-defense.
“often we see a male and female relationship where the male will have a bite mark on his arm and he'll say that the female was the initial aggressor and should be charged with domestic violence i cannot tell you how many of my female clients are charged in this way but what i can do is show that defensive wound the bite mark often what that does is proves self-defense because in a domestic violence situation if you for example if the man was actually trying to hurt the the woman by wrapping his arm around her throat one of the best defensive moves that woman can do is to bite down on the arm to get him to release now obviously in that situation she is not the initial aggressor she's defending herself”
Alexis explains: "often we see a male and female relationship where the male will have a bite mark on his arm and he'll say that the female was the initial aggressor and should be charged with domestic violence i cannot tell you how many of my female clients are charged in this way but what i can do is show that defensive wound the bite mark often what that does is proves self-defense because in a domestic violence situation if you for example if the man was actually trying to hurt the the woman by wrapping his arm around her throat one of the best defensive moves that woman can do is to bite down on the arm to get him to release now obviously in that situation she is not the initial aggressor she's defending herself"
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Got into a DV case because of an ex I let back in the home and made my life very hard
he fought hard for me
they dismissed the whole case
their belief of my side and story and their knowledge in the legal system they were able to get my case dismissed
get my case dismissed