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To: marktwain
Of spouses that murder each other, 75% of the victims are men. Have we been lied to, or what?

Some govt studies:

Wives are acquitted of murdering their husbands at 5 times the rate that husbands are (6% husband acquittal, 31% wife acquittal)

Spouse Murder Defendents in Large Urban Counties 59% of spouse homicide were husbands, 41% were wives

54 posted on 03/27/2004 1:16:00 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
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To: SauronOfMordor
This article (Spouse Murder Defendents in Large Urban Counties) says in the beginning of the article that more men killed their spouses:

Number of spouse murder defendants and their demographic characteristics

In 1988, the justice system in the Nation's 75 largest counties disposed of an estimated 540 spouse murder cases. Husbands charged with killing their wife outnumbered wives charged with killing their husband. Of the 540, 318 (or 59%) were husband defendants and 222 (or 41%) were wife defendants.

68 posted on 03/27/2004 1:53:20 PM PST by Kay Ludlow (Free market, but cautious about what I support with my dollars)
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