[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

If the wife wants to leave her husband and, rather than going to court, she shoots him, the odds are she will be spending jail time.

[central_va]

If the wife(South Carolina) wants to leave her husband(Feds) and, rather than going to court, the husband blocks the door(Chas. harbor) she(Carolina) shoots him, the odds are she will be spending jail time exercising her God given right of free association.

There,fixed it.

[ought-six]

“If the wife wants to leave her husband and, rather than going to court, she shoots him, the odds are she will be spending jail time.”

Depends on the circumstances. There is ample evidence of women attacking their husbands to protect themselves because they were left with no alternative, and they were not indicted.