Mary Winkler gets 7 months, 60 days (-time served) for killing husband

**Don Corleone** · 06-08-2007, 22:19

Apparently, you better not criticize the wife too much. During the trial, Mary Winkler stated she had been physically and emotionally abused by her husband. But at the time of her arrest, when asked if she had been physically abused, she said 'Nah', but that her husband had been critical of her housekeeping and that she had 'just snapped'.

Better not ask for too much more out of Mrs. Corleone in the way of housework.

So she was in jail for 5 months during the trial, leaving only 2 months for her to serve out for sneaking up on her husband and shooting him in the back with a shotgun at the parsonage where he was a minister.

Nice.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 06-08-2007, 22:24

Wow, what an abomination from our justice system.

Crazed Rabbit

**FactionHeir** · 06-08-2007, 22:33

If you watch the publicized cases in the media though, any wife who kills her husband or does something criminal always alleges it was due to an abusive husband. Husbands never allege their crimes were due to an abusive wife.

Its like playing the "I'm female and he's the evil husband" card

**Blodrast** · 06-08-2007, 23:05

Originally Posted by Don Corleone

Better not ask for too much more out of Mrs. Corleone in the way of housework.

But you (and all of us) already know better than that, Don, don't we ?

Well, apparently except for that guy who bought it. He must have forgotten.

**lars573** · 06-08-2007, 23:09

Isn't sexism great!

**Slyspy** · 06-09-2007, 02:17

I know two women who have been involved in physically abusive relationships. Neither, at the time, would have admitted to the authorities that they were abused. Both would, at the time and for some time after the eventual split, have said that they loved their partner. If they hadn't eventually left (in both cases they misguidedly stayed "for the children") could they have turned on their abuser? I couldn't say.

Both are now in a happy relationships and neither can believe how stupid they were.

**Don Corleone** · 06-09-2007, 03:16

I'm not just saying Mary Winkler never came forward to the authorities with the abuse claims. I'm saying after she was picked up for the shooting, they point blank asked her and she said "Nah, I just got mad". The abuse charges came later, after she lawyered up.