**For Tuesday 1/14** The Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments today (Tuesday) on whether prosecutors can use "battered women's syndrome" in court testimony. The appeal stems from a prosecutor who wanted to explain why a woman lied and recanted her testimony against her alleged attacker. It's the first time the issue has come up on appeal in Minnesota's courts. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports: Attorneys have traditionally used battered women's syndrome testimony as evidence in defense cases--showing why someone who's been battered by their partner assaults or kills their batterer to end the abuse. But in the case before the Minnesota supreme court, the question is whether prosecutors can use such