Escaping a Dangerous Situation - August 30 2026

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August 30th: Dixie Shanahan Kills(2003)

As a victim, does that give you the right to take a human life? An act of self defense to get out of a truly horrific situation? On August 30th 2003 a woman did what she claimed she thought was necessary to escape a dangerous situation. One that she felt she had no other way out of. 

*Suggested by Adrian

https://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5321&context=expresso, https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2018/06/18/dixie-lynn-shanahan-duty-iowa-murder-defiance-shelby-county-scott-shot-crime-courts-domestic-abuse/707004002/, https://nonpareilonline.com/news/crime/after-about-14-years-in-prison-dixie-shanahan-duty-granted-work-release/article_35113583-ef14-5461-a0af-2c830cb76003.html, https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/state-v-shanahan-no-890415255, https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/06/20/troubled-life-dixie-shanahan-duty-domestic-abuse-violence-husband-defiance-iowa-work-parole-culver/713488002/, https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/shanahan-dixie.htm, https://www.postbulletin.com/news/neighbors-ok-with-reduced-sentence, https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/01/us/national-briefing-midwest-iowa-conviction-in-killing-of-husband.html


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