3-5 years or probation? Just wow! I thought for sure today it was going to be murder, but manslaughter I cannot believe it. She was not convincable at all!
I was hoping for second degree murder. It could have been first degree, sure, but too bad about the difficulty of proving that beyond reasonable doubt.
I’m very disappointed but hardly surprised. If it were reversed and the preacher had killed his wife, he’d get the death penalty.
Let’s face it, she’s the reason he’s dead. She got the gun, she held the gun, she pointed the gun and her aim was true. Then she fled. That tells me it was more than mere manslaughter, voluntary or involuntary. I’m willing to hedge on the degree of premeditation and planning, but not on the fact of murder.
If he was so terrible, Mary, move out and go to your family for help. Don’t shoot the man IN THE BACK, THEN RUN. How wicked is THAT??