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Imagine the fear that haunts a mother in the darkness of the night when she hears the screeching sound of her daughter's bedroom window; her heart races, and thoughts of her children's safety rush like stray bullets.
It wouldn't take long that in the aftermath, she would find herself grappling with the horror of her action and the life taken. That world shrinks to the primal need to protect at the moment, yet societal structures led to such a desperate altercation.
The story we will cover speaks to the core of human vulnerability and the lengths we push to shield our loved ones.
The case I am referring to is the story of Aleah Wallace, a Texas mother who fatally shot a teenager, Devin Baker, while he was trying to break into her daughter's bedroom through the window.
The tragedy happened…