Should wife have got away with murder?
 

Anyone read this?

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...15643281?f=rss

Doesn't seem to be much discussion about it.

What do you reckon?

Re: Should wife have got away with murder?
 

If it is true that she suffered what she claims, then I think acquital is a good thing. Saw way too much violence against women that wasn't dealt with properly by the law when I was a copper. BUT...what if what she claims isn't true?

However, if her claims of violence against her have been reported and properly recorded and there is evidence of it, this would be a safe decision by the judge.

I think the judge would only make this decision with supporting evidence, knowing how easily it could be appealed and turned over without that evidence.

Re: Should wife have got away with murder?
 

So, if a woman stays in a very destructive relationship - it's better for her to kill the vermin that has mistreated her all those years than to walk away from him:confused:

Re: Should wife have got away with murder?
 

Hmm....... without knowing more of the details, I would say its possibly easier to kill in the heat of the moment than to walk away.....

Re: Should wife have got away with murder?
 

Apparently she fed him cooked prawns to make him drowsy, then sometime later shot him in the head, then some time later again gave him another bullet in the head. Then finally some hours later took a doona and placed it over him to suffocate him to make sure he was finished.

She admitted these things.

Does the law not say we need to determine if

a) someone did it?
b) whether what they did constitutes murder or manslaughter?

And impose a penalty accordingly?

So, given the emotion of her being [without a doubt] abused, is this reason to ignore a & b above?

What message does this send out? That its better to put up with abuse for years and kill the abuser because even if you admit it, you will walk away free:confused:

Isn't the law to protect everyone from killing anyone:blink:

Re: Is the law an ass or is it fair?
 

Playing devils advocate here, it's not as easy as it sounds to "just walk away", sometimes violence gets so bad that towards the end the only way you can ever see to get this person out of your life is to end theirs.

There are of course restraining orders etc etc, but how effective is a piece of paper against an evil abusive partner who is now the most angry he/she has ever been because the victim has dared to take a stance and go through the system the correct way???

Answer not very effective at all, when your front door is being kicked in and you are scared for your life.

Re: Should wife have got away with murder?
 

She admitted it all and should have been found guilty... end of story. No excuses about 'mistreatment'. If it was as bad as she claims, then she leaves, she doesn't commit murder.

Shocking failure of the legal system.

Re: Is the law an ass or is it fair?
 

What about the three men that removed and dumped the body for her?
They must have known exactly what they were doing and hadn't suffered 20 years of abuse but they got off too.

Re: Is the law an ass or is it fair?
 

I understand all this however the law is in place to stop humans killing each other full stop. This means if it gets bad, find a way to stop it other than kill the person concerned. The other thing to consider in this case was, it wasn't like he had a gun and she took it off him and used it in self defence. She basically cracked and took a gun to his head while he was asleep.

Don't get me wrong, this moron won't be missed. He was horrendous to his missus and kids however does that give someone the right to take the law intotheir own hands and wipe him out:confused: Maybe women who are raped or kids even, maybe their parents have the right to do the same?:blink:

Or maybe the law is there for a reason.

I reckon it was as bad as she mentioned as her kids were also petrified of their "father". However the fact remains she killed this shit, so should have maybe got manslaughter throgh diminished responsibility or whatever, but to walk away sends a message it's ok if you think you have been mistreated to kill someone rather than walk away and seek help and legal recourse:blink:

Yep, crazy. Result based on emotion rather than logic or law or common sense re future repercussions:blink:

Re: Is the law an ass or is it fair?
 

Not exactly a spur of the moment crime then? I mean, I can see how someone can lash out and kill after a long time in an abusive relationship, but to put that amount of planning into it puts a different light on things. To lash out instead of leaving, I can understand that, leaving isn't always the easier option, but this sounds like a lot of planning went into things, so maybe some level of punishment, mitigated because of diminished responsibility? To just walk away doesn't send the right message to anyone really.

Re: Is the law an ass or is it fair?
 

Exactly. The extenuating circumstances come into play during the sentencing and not at the point of deciding guilt. The jury made a mistake, plain and simple.

Re: Is the law an ass or is it fair?
 

Make her a BE MOD,she would soon sort out some of our trouble makers;)

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I think I read somewhere it only took the jury a few hours to let her walk away. Alledgedly they decided fairly quickly because the guy was an abusive husband. Jury's are a joke:blink:

Re: Is the law an ass or is it fair?
 

:rofl: mass cull of form posters by feeding them on dodgy seafood......hang on, what was it you were eatng in that bar the other week :eek: :eek:

Re: Is the law an ass or is it fair?
 

Yep, I seem to remember now when the case first hit the papers here, the decision was really quick. Its like Creature said earlier, the Jury seemed to decide on the basis of whether what she did was "justified," rather than whether what she did was "Wrong" - not quite what I understand the role of a Jury to be....