In a 1994 episode of “Law & Order,” a woman kills a man and claims it was due to Battered Woman Syndrome. An expert is called to the stand to explain how the defendant, whom she hadn’t examined, fit the profile of a battered woman. The following exchange occurs between the expert and prosecutor Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston):
McCoy: Does every abused woman develop Battered Woman Syndrome?
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