The sentence that Mary Winkler received yesterday reaggravated my feelings about this case. You remember that last year she admitted to killing her preacher husband. She shot him in the back with a shotgun while he was lying in bed. She said they had argued the night before about finances, she had been caught up in some check kiting scam.
During the trial she testified that her husband had hitt her, kicked her, made her look at pornography, and demanded sex that she considered unnatural. Even if it is all true, I still find it difficult to believe that the answer is a shotgun to the back while the man is asleep. If you want to leave him and take your children, why not do so? Why not make police reports of his violent acts and have him arrested?
She was convicted only of voluntary manslaughter, which carried a sentence of only three to six years in prison. Yesterday she was sentenced to three years, but will be eligible for probation in 210 days. She has already served 143 days in jail. It is expected that she will serve the next seven days where she is, and then be sent to a facility where she can receive psychological help. So in two months and one week she will be walking about free, even though she shot a man in the back while he lying in bed.
What a message we have received about how to handle failed relationships.
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