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Police: Slain Minister's Wife Confessed to His Murder
Fox News ^ | Friday, March 24, 2006 | AP/Fox

Posted on 03/24/2006 10:37:58 AM PST by stm

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To: mslee
And? If he was a child sodomizer and a wife beater, he deserved to die.

No,not necessarily.But if convincing evidence of anything like this is presented I think that many "reasonable men" (and women) would,at least,be inclined to go easier on her than they would if her motive was insurance money,a new boyfriend,or wanting to avoid a divorce court in an effort to get 100% of the family's funds vs 50%.

41 posted on 03/24/2006 11:29:06 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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To: mslee
And? If he was a child sodomizer and a wife beater, he deserved to die.

Are there any other crimes you think should be legally punishable by death, sentence to be handed down by the victim without the benefit of trial?

42 posted on 03/24/2006 11:32:14 AM PST by skeeter
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To: stm
Expect lots of sympathetic coverage in the media. You know, the Andrea Yates crowd.
43 posted on 03/24/2006 11:32:38 AM PST by KoRn
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To: Gay State Conservative

Neither of these are capital offenses, however disgusting and reprehensible. If he was guilty of them it should have been for a court to decide his fate, not his wife and a weapon. Plus, she shot him in the back....so there goes her self defense argument.


44 posted on 03/24/2006 11:33:14 AM PST by stm (You can fix a lot of thing s, but you can't fix stupid)
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To: Logic n' Reason
Some protestant ministers like to have their cake and eat it too.
45 posted on 03/24/2006 11:37:10 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: BluH2o
The defense will be ... he's a wife beater, he sodomized the children, he was playing around with another women (one, or all of the aforementioned) or, she's bipolar, suffers from depression, was an abused child, etc..

Well he was a preacher, and probably treated her as his prize cow

46 posted on 03/24/2006 11:37:56 AM PST by org.whodat
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To: stm
Neither of these are capital offenses, however disgusting and reprehensible. If he was guilty of them it should have been for a court to decide his fate...

I'm inclined to agree.But if,by chance,he *was* engaged in some kind of serious abuse then that abuse could be seen as a mitigating factor regarding exactly what she's guilty of and what punishment she should get.

In fact,nobody knows what *really* happened,other than the guy is dead and the wife has confessed.I,personally,think her lawyer will use the abuse defense or the mental illness defense.The evidence he presents to back up these claims will decide what she deserves,IMO.

47 posted on 03/24/2006 11:41:48 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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To: The Worthless Miracle
So is Greta Van scarface going to put this story on the air for the next 8 months now?

Yes, of course. And the timing couldn't be better! The Holloway case is about to be solved!!
48 posted on 03/24/2006 11:42:56 AM PST by uncitizen
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To: Gay State Conservative

"If she uses anything like this as her defense,she'd better have proof...."

Honestly, these days I think all that need be done is that SHE point out HE and unless HE can prove 'no' HE is guilty and will be found so in court with a jury. Look at how many guys go up on an ID alone.


49 posted on 03/24/2006 11:45:15 AM PST by TalBlack (I WON'T suffer the journalizing or editorializing of people who are afraid of the enemies of freedom)
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To: org.whodat

Well he was a preacher, and probably treated her as his prize cow

Only in countries that have embraced christianity have women been treated as MORE than prized cows. Your stereotyping is just plain misinformed. Ever wonder why China and the Arab nations don't produce Hillary Clintons? Only nations that were predominantly Christian layed the ground work for freedom for all people of all beliefs.


50 posted on 03/24/2006 11:45:19 AM PST by Sweet Hour of Prayer
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To: pnz1; Gay State Conservative

Not necessarily. A child who is coerced into orally "servicing" an adult wouldn't bear any physical evidence at all.


51 posted on 03/24/2006 11:46:04 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: A.A. Cunningham
Some protestant ministers like to have their cake and eat it too.

Your list didn't include them catholics...hel....er....heck, they're more fun than the rest because they're so sanctimonius!

52 posted on 03/24/2006 11:49:12 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
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To: GovernmentShrinker
Not necessarily. A child who is coerced into orally "servicing" an adult wouldn't bear any physical evidence at all.

Perhaps.But one would think that there'd be some sort of change in behavior that might be noticed by a teacher,a physician or relative.

53 posted on 03/24/2006 11:50:15 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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To: dead
People can come up with a lot of alleged reasons somebody needed shooting.

In the back???

54 posted on 03/24/2006 11:55:12 AM PST by TommyDale
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To: The Worthless Miracle

SAVAGE!!!!


55 posted on 03/24/2006 11:55:59 AM PST by HitmanLV (Listen to my demos for Savage Nation contest: http://www.geocities.com/mr_vinnie_vegas/index.html)
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To: Gay State Conservative

But it would sure be difficult to detect at this point, since watching your mom shoot your dad dead, then being dragged off somewhere by her in a big hurry, and then having police suddenly show up and grab her and cart ehr off and toss you and your young siblings in a strange foster home, is likely to cause some behavioral changes too.


56 posted on 03/24/2006 11:58:56 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: TommyDale
People can come up with a lot of alleged reasons somebody needed shooting.... In the back???

"In the back" is not a particularly convincing argument either way -- it's just where she hit him; nothing more.

For example, she could be a cold-blooded killer, and shot him by surprise.

Or, he could have been a wife-beater who turned to run away when he saw that she had a gun.

Or, she was tired of him raping her every morning, and shot him when he headed toward the bed.

Or, she's a loon, and shot him when her crazy side took over.

Any of these, and plenty more, could explain why he was shot in the back.

57 posted on 03/24/2006 12:07:45 PM PST by r9etb
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
What a difference. No long trial, no massive expense to the public. If TN has the death penalty, then after conviction, execute her quickly and humanely.

I predict none of the above will occur.

58 posted on 03/24/2006 12:09:37 PM PST by Protagoras (The world is full of successful idiots and genius failures.)
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To: org.whodat
Well he was a preacher, and probably treated her as his prize cow

Brilliant! Now if you ever took time to actually think and take a good look at the world and history you would realize that women are better treated under Christianity than any other religion slavery not being appealing to me. It is in Christian countries that the equality for women movement started not in an islamic or Buddhist or Hindu country, if you think hard enough you might even figure out why it was only in Christian countries and not anywhere else.

The husband is to love his one wife greater than himself in Christianity something not found anywhere else. Kind of hard to treat her as a prize cow when he is to love her more than himself and treat her as if they are one person, that is assuming he is actually striving to follow the teachings in the Bible.

History has as much to do with the religions that founded the societies if not more.

59 posted on 03/24/2006 12:11:40 PM PST by Lady Heron
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To: freeplancer
O.J was innocent and the jury found him so.

Good one.

60 posted on 03/24/2006 12:11:42 PM PST by Protagoras (The world is full of successful idiots and genius failures.)
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