Update from Nikki’s Community Defense Committee, October 2021:

It’s time for Nikki to come home. We’re calling on New York Governor Kathy Hochul to use her executive clemency power to give Nikki back to her two young children, who desperately need her. Nikki continues to contribute to society even behind bars(See this recent clip of Nikki in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility: https://www.fox61.com/video/news/local/puppies-behind-bars-program-gives-inmates-dogs-a-new-leash-on-life/520-8109b233-1510-462f-8085-f036df3e3d42 and her community wants to bring her home.

Please sign and share this petition widely, and join our rallying cry: it’s time to #FreeNikki.

 

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Background:

 

Nicole “Nikki” Addimando is a victim of domestic violence and rape who was wrongfully prosecuted and convicted in April 2019 of second-degree murder after shooting and killing her abusive partner out of fear for her life. On February 11, 2020, she was given a horrific and unjust sentence of 19-years-to-life by Judge Edward T. McLoughlin in Dutchess County, NY. She is separated indefinitely from her two young children, ages 8 and 6.  She is a loving mother, friend, sister and daughter. Her community longs to bring her home to where she is loved and can heal.

 

Nikki’s appeal was filed with the state of New York State Court of Appeals, and in June of 2021, the higher court determined that Nikki was a victim of abuse and should have been sentenced under New York’s DVSJA law, and issued a scathing rebuke of the trial court’s “arcane” and “antiquated” beliefs and methodology. They resentenced her to 7.5 years.

 

 

 

While 7.5 years is a significant improvement, we maintain that Nikki shouldn’t have spent a single day behind bars and should be released immediately. Her children shouldn’t have to wait 3 more years of their young lives. She has a wide net of support, ready and waiting to help her heal and transition back into society.

Please sign this petition and help us #FreeNikki!

 

Donate to the “Walk Nikki Home” fundraiser: https://givebutter.com/walknikkihome

 

For more information, visit: www.westandwithnikki.com follow on Facebook at @We Stand With Nikki and Instagram at @westandwithnikki, and subscribe to Believe Her, a six-part series that details Nikki’s story of survival, wherever you listen to podcasts

Update from Nikki’s Community Defense Committee, August 2020:

Nikki Addimando needs our help.  Here’s what you can do: Sign this petition to help us fight for her freedom.  Share her story on social media.  Donate to Nikki’s legal defense fund at https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/41Oqh7

Nicole “Nikki” Addimando is a victim of domestic violence and rape who was wrongfully prosecuted and convicted in April 2019 of second-degree murder after shooting and killing her abusive partner out of fear for her life. On February 11, 2020, she was given a horrific and unjust sentence of 19-years-to-life by Judge Edward T. McLoughlin in Dutchess County, NY. She is separated indefinitely from her two young children, ages 7 and 5.  She is a loving mother, friend, sister and daughter.  Her community longs to brings her home where she is loved and can heal.

Nikki’s appeal has been filed with the state of New York State Court of Appeals and she desperately needs our help.  

*****************************************************************Please sign this petition to tell Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Court of Appeals that Nikki’s constitutional rights have been violated and her conviction must be overturned!

At her sentencing, Nikki gave a powerful, personal statement:

“I wish more than anything it ended another way. I wouldn’t be in this courtroom right now, but I wouldn’t be alive either. This is why women don’t leave. They so often end up dead or where I’m standing — alive, but not free.”
Please sign this petition and help us #FreeNikki.

To support her legal defense fund visit: https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/41Oqh7

For more information, visit: wwww.westandwithnikki.com and follow us on Facebook at @We Stand With Nikki and Instagram at @westandwithnikki.

On Tuesday, Nicole “Nikki” Addimando was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for killing her abuser in self-defense. Judge Edward McLoughlin chose not to take into account the years of life-threatening physical and sexual abuse, which was documented in official police reports and medical records. He denied applying the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act for a lesser sentence. Despite her abuser’s multiple threats to end her and her children’s life if she fled, Judge McLoughlin felt Nikki “could’ve safely left.” We sat in on the sentencing and listened to Nikki give a powerful, personal statement:

“I wish more than anything it ended another way. I wouldn’t be in this courtroom right now, but I wouldn’t be alive either. This is why women don’t leave. They so often end up dead or where I’m standing — alive, but not free.”

 

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