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ProfessorGAC

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14. Personal Experience With This

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 04:03 PM

Feb 2021

My uncle killed his wife this way. He went to prison but for negligent homicide, not Murder 1.
The oldest kid (about 7) told the cops "mommy hit daddy with a pan, and they started fighting."
That pretty much eliminated premeditation.
I know that's different circumstances, but it's possible it wouldn't even be tried as a murder here in Illinois.

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Covid: Husband not guilty of murdering wife in lockdown [View all] janterry Feb 2021 OP

Wonder what a Swansea jury WOULD consider murder, if this isn't it. Squinch Feb 2021 #1

If she had killed him because SHE just snapped janterry Feb 2021 #4

Yep. I have little doubt. Squinch Feb 2021 #7

Shaking my head. HE KILLED HER. He followed her as she was... Guilded Lilly Feb 2021 #2

Woman less than Man MaryMagdaline Feb 2021 #3

Younger women keep telling me that it is getting janterry Feb 2021 #5

As I get older, I think it's just becoming clearer to me MaryMagdaline Feb 2021 #6

Once you see it, it is absolutely everywhere, and you can never unsee it. Squinch Feb 2021 #8

Exactly! MaryMagdaline Feb 2021 #9

Better to see it, though, and know what you are really dealing with. Squinch Feb 2021 #10

There you go, now so many can try the same excuse Bev54 Feb 2021 #11

Tired and worried? Harker Feb 2021 #12

I believe I have read that murders are up since PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #13

Personal Experience With This ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #14

Not even manslaughter? dlk Feb 2021 #15