Jane Hurshman Corkum (January 25, 1949 – February 22, 1992) was a Canadian nursing assistant who became a national advocate for victims of domestic violence following the shooting death of her abusive husband, Lamont William “Billy” Stafford, in March 1982. Initially acquitted of first-degree murder, she later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served a brief prison term. Her courageous courtroom testimony and public advocacy helped expand legal definitions of self-defense for battered spouses. Over a decade later, in February 1992, she was found dead from a single gunshot in her car on the Halifax waterfront; the circumstances of her death were ruled consistent with suicide, though some suspected foul play.