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Old 06-08-2007, 04:27 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Why do women murderers get lighter sentences?
Wife sentenced in preacher's death

By WOODY BAIRD, Associated Press Writer 27 minutes ago

SELMER, Tenn. - A woman who killed her preacher husband with a shotgun blast to the back as he lay in bed was sentenced Friday to three years in prison, but she may end up serving only 60 days in a mental hospital.

Mary Winkler must serve 210 days, or about seven months, of her sentence before she can be released on probation, but she gets credit for the five months she has already spent in jail, Judge Weber McCraw said.

That leaves only two months, and McCraw said up to 60 days of the sentence could be served in a facility where she could receive mental health treatment. That means Winkler may not serve any significant time in prison.

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If this was a man shooting his wife to death as she lay in bed, he would have got a life sentence or worse.

Why are women able to get away with such callous and heinous crimes?
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