The PD thought she should have got one level less than she got. I said she should have got murder, to which she replied "DID YOU SEE THOSE SHOES????". I think that one piece of evidence is what got those 4 women to find sympathy for her. I think it is wrong, but thats a jury for you.
Her defense attorney told an interesting little story about those shoes. He told her after she showed the shoe to the jury, to set it on the rail and not move it until the judge told her to. That way the jury would have to look at the shoe everytime they looked at her. The judge never did tell her to remove the shoe. He also told her to forget who she was and act like an abused woman would durring her testimony.
But what everyone didn’t know about those shoes was that Mary had bought them herself for a halloween party a few years back. a friend of hers was at the party remarked to Mary about the shoes and Mary made the remark that she had trouble finding them. Did anyone on the jury ever look at the soles of these shoes to see that they’d been wore outside? I live in the same county where this took place and she should have left and took the kids instead of killing him, no matter what he had done to her. But no one would have believed her if she’d told about abuse, just like most don’t believe it now. It’s a sad situation any way you look at it, the kids lost a daddy, the Winklers lost a son and brother. She may not get what she deserved here on earth, but she as well as everyone else will be judged by GOD!