Posted on 12/19/2005 6:40:52 PM PST by mcg2000
MARYVILLE, Tenn. A mother charged in the shooting death of a man she said raped her young daughter was sentenced to four years in prison today.
Authorities say Kimberly Cunningham must serve nearly a third of the sentence before being eligible for parole, The Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
Her attorney Bruce Poston told Blount County Circuit Court Judge D. Kelly Thomas that he would appeal the sentence.
In October Cunningham was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Coy Hundley, her daughter's uncle.
Cunningham was tried on a charge of first-degree murder in April in the case, but the jury acquitted her of that charge and deadlocked on all lesser charges.
Cunningham has served about two months in jail since the October 7th 2003 killing and Poston said that would be deducted from her sentence.
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"Better late than never" comes to mind.
This show was done by Christian women, not feminists.
I'm not a feminist.
In spite of everything, I happen to absolutely love men and therefore I'm completely feminist agenda free.
You have a good heart and a kind soul. You are a survivor. You ARE a better person and you know right from wrong. You will have a special place in heaven one day along with your cousins and all the other mistreated children of the world. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I'm impressed -- I'm serious. I live surrounded by liberals, and statements like yours are not what I'm used to.
Where was your father?
I kind of wonder if the mom could have possibly been abused herself earlier in her life? Not by this man of course but someone else? In a way it almost sounds like a PTSS related response. If that was the case a lot of anger could come out from the flash back especially if it had been repressed and suddenly brought back to conscious or subconscious memory. In some cases the event lays dormant for years until something triggers the memory. It can be something as simple as the way someone says something to them.
You are too kind.
I personally think I'm *mean*....:]
Most other people just think I'm an eccentric artsy loon with an Ellie May Clampett complex.
[yeah, there's critters everywhere, here]
Merry Christmas to you and yours, as well.
Men rule.
I think they're by far the most amazing and infinitely fascinating things God ever created and I'm tickled silly that I lucked out and was born female.
I could sit and watch my hubby weld or fabricate metal for hours and not be bored.
I can listen to men talk amongst themselves with rapturous delight...:)
Yup.
Men rule.
*shrug*
I still love them.
I just don't particularly believe in them any more.
In their hearts, I think they know so I don't try to make them feel worse about it.
They have to work out their own part in it themselves, just like I do.
Consider women in general.
Most murders are committed by men.
Women are conditioned to sublimate anger and avoid violence.
It's in our societal nature to be non-violent and non-aggressive, really.
It's highly unusual to hear of a woman just up gunning somebody down.
Even crimes of passion that end in murder are more likely to be done by men.
[yes, I know that sounds sexist but I don't mean it to. men hunters; women nurturers]...;)
The most common female response is to gather up the child and flee from danger.
This woman acted out of character for her sex, historically speaking.
That alone makes me wonder if there's a huge backstory we're not hearing.
That's why it sounds like a PTSS reaction. I know one person about 4'10" who sent a husband flying across a room when enough was enough. There are are cases on record where women have killed their abusers in their sleep as well. The backstory though would not be admissable in her defense likely the same as any other offenses the man may have done would not be either. The daughter in this case was harmed three times by the uncle the last being losing her mother to jail.
I'm really surprised they got any type of jury conviction on her really. But there are some overzealous DA's in our area including federal ones who go after grandpa's for horse trading fire arms.
Wow.
I've never heard of any of that.
"who go after grandpa's for horse trading fire arms."
They'll hang you for that around these parts.
The VA trader ad paper is *full* of "great deals" on private sale guns.
Everytime I look at the ads, I can just picture a BATF agent waiting somewhere for some poor sap to show up with cash in hand.
[VA & WV are not far from here and the VA Trader is sold in local 7-11 type stores]
This man has been afforded trial after trail and will likely go free. His mental state has been the basis of appeals it seems. In the meantime we the taxpayers have spent untold money for his lawyers who are of course the best defense lawyers in town.
In the Knoxville area the Feds have been hitting sellers in local flea markets who may have a shot gun or two at a flea market in their truck as well as adds in small time bargain papers. These are men in their 60's and older retired just making a few extra bucks. All of the sudden the feds see them as big time risk. They are not gun runners by any means.
That's both pitiful and shameful.
My dog's breeder lives in Oak Ridge.
You're nearly neighbors....:))
Speaking of which, the dogs are organizing a protest in the living room.
Must be potty time.
Off to find my down coat...;)
That's in my county and where I usually shop. I live 15 miles or so east of Oak Ridge and down wind IOW ground zero :>{ Our DA has no ambition to prosecute violent crimes if I can find the article tomorrow I'll mail you a real sick one that got off. It was a real weird one. As well Meth is a problem here also. Same faces every few weeks of the same cookers in the paper. A local Constable was recently chewed out by our sheriff for foot pursuit & attempted arrest of a wanted man while helping a car dealer do a repossession. The sheriff didn't like competition it seems. Yea things get weird in these parts.
He was acquitted of murder charges.
Geeze.
She never mentions stuff like that....:))
I look forward to the article.
Gotta get a snack and get to bed now.
[*no*...I'm not a vampire]....LOL!
Good night...or morning...or whatever...;]
[probably see you back on this thread as soon as the resident Torquemadas kick back into gear]
I sincerely hope that you find some peace in this world......you deserve it....
Thanks Cherry.
I'm trying.
It's better than it used to be....:)
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