Posted on 06/26/2007 3:01:38 PM PDT by CAWats
A preacher's wife who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting her husband to death left jail Wednesday for a mental health facility, where she will serve the remainder of her sentence.
After spending 13 days in McNairy County jail in Selmer, Tenn., Mary Winkler was transferred to an undisclosed mental health facility, where she will receive treatment for longstanding mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and a mild personality disorder.
Circuit Judge Weber McCraw, who presided over Winkler's murder trial and gave her the option of serving some of her sentence in a mental health facility, signed the sealed order releasing Winkler Wednesday.
"At the provider's request and to ensure she has the treatment she needs, the name and location of the facility are not being disclosed," Tennessee Supreme Court public information officer Sue Allison said.
Winkler was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in April for shooting Matthew Winkler in the back as he lay in bed in the family parsonage on March 22, 2006.
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All suffered because she recently lost her husband...
The next big battle is the custody procedures. The crowning tragedy of it all would be if Bloody Mary gets custody of the children. But from what I’ve been reading, “experts” are already touting the importance of the semi-mystical “mother-child bond”.
Otherwise known as murder by ignorant hicks like me...
I’ve been a mental health counselor since 1990 — but I would like to know what a “mild” personality disorder is.
My DSM-IV does not rate them as mild, moderate or severe.
?????
Maybe I'll find a pair of white hooker shoes like those she displayed at trial, soak them in cow blood, and ask if they can be cleaned.
since it is only a half hour drive I'll have a hard time resisting the temptation to do something to try and make her suffer a little bit.
I guess the argument here is that a woman who shoots her sleeping husband in the back is mildly sociopathic, whereas a man who does same to his wife is severely sociopathic.
Can you imagine OJ’s reaction when he heard the verdict? All he had to do was shoot his wife in the back while she was laying in bed and proclaim that she made him wear Bruno Magli shoes occasionally to spice up the sex.
The judge, the jury, the prosecutors...shame, shame, shame
You can fool a lot of the people some of the time...
“but I would like to know what a “mild” personality disorder is.
Simply put, she’s a bitch.”
I’m guessin’ she shot him through the chest cavity.
Probly not a bad way to go. Wake up feelin’ like you just got kicked, then fade out before you know what hit you.
Got the “bitch” part right. She aughtta be on “Death Row”.
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