Was Barbara Sheehan a battered wife who shot her husband, a retired police sergeant, in self-defense, or was she a calculating killer determined to collect on his life insurance? After three days of deliberations, a jury Thursday chose the former.
It acquitted Sheehan of murder in a trial that was seen by some people as a referendum on battered-woman syndrome.
That's the beauty of our court system, the fate of the accused is in the hands of 12. It's up to them to decide whether or not someone is guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt.
ReplyDeleteWere do we draw the line with all of this? insane or crazy!
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