Mercy law frees Indigenous woman in jail for murdering her abusive partner

Jody Carolyn Gore claimed she acted in self defence when she stabbed Damion Jones in 2015

An Aboriginal woman serving a life sentence for murdering her abusive partner will be released from prison after the West Australian government used “mercy” laws to grant her freedom.

Jody Carolyn Gore was drunk when she fatally stabbed 39-year-old Damion Jones at a home in the Nulleywah Aboriginal community in Kununurra in June 2015.

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