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简介:In1904,therewasacasethatshookSwitzerland:FriedaKellerwassentencedtodeath.Aformervictimofrape,the25-year-oldseamstresskilledhersonErnstli,whosefatherwasherattacker,andburiedthefive-year-old’sbodyintheforest.Shortlyafterwards,thebodywasfound,andthewoman–adistraughtmother,victimandperpetratorallatonce–confessedtothecrime.Inadditiontotheauthoritiesandherownfamily,themisogynisticlawsofthattimewerealsostackedagainsther. Despitefierceprotestsfromthepopulace,FriedawasfirstsentencedtodeathattheendofapublictrialinStGallinfrontofhundredsofonlookers,andwassubsequently“pardoned”withalifesentenceinsolitaryconfinement.Notonlywasthebigotedpardonadisgrace,butthefactthatherrapist,themarriedmanCarlZimmerli,wasneverbroughttojusticewasshameful.Indeed,thelawatthetimeprotectedmarriedmenwhoassaultedwomen. Thespectacularcaseraisesthequestionofhowmuchofavictimthereisintheperpetrator.Itsignificantlyinfluenceddebatesonwomen'srightsandafairersociety,aswellasthedevelopmentofthecriminaljusticesysteminSwitzerland.…