A Poughkeepsie, New York, mom of 2 who used to be convicted of homicide for fatally capturing her abusive boyfriend and the daddy of her youngsters in 2017 has been launched from jail.
Nicole “Nikki” Addimando used to be convicted in 2019 for killing her then-boyfriend, Christopher Grover, in self-defense, and he or she used to be sentenced to 19 years to lifestyles in jail earlier than interesting the case underneath the Home Violence Survivors Justice Act.
She used to be in a position to get her sentence decreased on account of the enchantment and her paintings in a jail program that trains provider canines for veterans and primary responders, consistent with Sullivan and Cromwell LLC.
“The Nicole Addimando Group Protection Committee is extremely joyful to welcome house Nikki to the embody of her circle of relatives, buddies and group,” reads a observation from an advocacy group for Addimando referred to as “We Stand With Nikki.” “Nikki earned a Restricted Credit score Time Allowance via her participation in a canine coaching jail program that allowed her to be launched six months early on January 4th.”
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The group added that they’re “thankful” the New York State Very best Courtroom’s Appellate Department “known Nikki as a survivor permitting her to be resentenced underneath the Home Violence Survivor’s Justice Act.”
“The ten years of advocacy paintings to go the DVSJA, the professional bono assist of Garrard Beeney and the regulation company of Sullivan and Cromwell, and the hundreds of other folks around the nation who supported Nikki, have allowed this glorious second to occur and we’re so thankful,” the observation says. “We are hoping Nikki’s unlock will encourage others to turn out to be fascinated about supporting different criminalized survivors.”
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Addimando’s lawyers mentioned she shot Grover after he pointed a handgun at her head and threatened to shoot her on Sept. 28, 2017, and he or she became herself in to police that very same night time.
Witnesses, together with police and clinical pros, testified about Addimando’s accidents and the serious abuse Grover inflicted upon her.Â
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Her protection additionally mentioned Grover uploaded movies of the abuse to the pornography web page Pornhub, that have been witnessed by means of regulation enforcement.Â
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“I want greater than anything else it ended otherwise,” she mentioned following the 2019 verdict in her case. “I would not be on this court at this time, however I would not be alive both. That is why ladies do not depart. They so frequently finally end up useless or the place I am status — alive, however nonetheless now not unfastened.”Â
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Addimando’s sister wrote a e book about her circle of relatives’s “combat for Nikki’s freedom” titled “Expensive Sister,” which is about to be launched on Jan. 30.
If you happen to or any person is a sufferer of home violence, please name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE or textual content “START” to 88788.Â