Comments on: Right Or Wrong?

Was Susan Wright Pushed To The Edge When She Killed Her Husband?

[cnet6400]

I believe that the apposing counselor for Jeff''s family went to far,the way she approached Susan. It looked as though that''s Jeff''s family couselor was bent on just accusing Susan for the death of jeff,the defendant''s wife. If the evidance was established as fact,that Jeff attacked Susan that much,then there should ofbeen a mental therapist for Susan,so she wouldn''t have to feel terrible becase of her emotional stress and the rapid-fire questioning of Kelly Seigler. I also think that Seigler went to far to show what Susan did with her "courtroom theatrics" to showing how Susan killed her husband. That was wrong. The reason being is because Seigler(Kelly) never found out why the sequence of events happened the way they played out leading to Susan killing her husband,self-defence or not.

[trina732]

Those people in the courtroom have absolutely no idea what Susan went through. Unless you go through it yourself, its unexplainable. Its so much more than just physical abuse, its the mental abuse that goes with that and the absolute fear that these abusers put into their victims. My heart goes out to Susan and I hope one day she can find the peace that she deserves. Its such a shame that in this day and age nothing can prevent someone from abusing another human being. Perhaps if there were some laws in place to actually protect the victims (instead of the perpetrators) it would not have to resort for the victim to kill her abuser to save her own life.

[mmcw1]

This case proves that we need professional juries! In order to rightly try and judge this woman it is necessary to understand something of the fragililty of the human psyche and its response to trauma. It seems to me that the number of stab wounds, which the jury seemed to think was evidence of her savage intent, was instead the measure of her terror. She entered a region of the mind which could only see one thing: if I let him get up, he will kill me. The measure of the abuse which she suffered%u2014how could the jury deny that?%u2014was the profound depth of her fear that he would come after her no matter how many times she stabbed him. I believe he pushed her into a psychotic break with reality which resulted not only in his own death but in the week of %u201Cfog%u201D which followed, during which time she still feared for her life from this oh-so-perfect son and brother. Someone with any background in the trauma of abuse would have seen through her husband%u2019s ruse of public affection. At one point, his father talked about how he was always bragging about his family. Of course he did! He saw them as his trophies, proof of his own personal success%u2014achieved at the cost of his wife%u2019s sanity and now her freedom.

[content3-2009]

To motion your arm 193 times tells me Susan was pushed to the limit, to a degree of no return. No one knows what all happened by her husband that wasn''t told in court, abuse by your husband is such a dysfunction and brings shame to the woman.

[content3-2009]

To motion your arm 193 times tells me Susan was pushed to the limit, to a degree of no return. No one knows what all happened by her husband that wasn''t told in court, abuse by your husband is such a dysfunction and brings shame to the woman.

[content3-2009]

First I disagree her lawyer saying he deserved to die, NO one deserves to die, no one. I''m 51, successful,happy in a career and a devote Christian. It wasn''t always that way. I was in abused marriages and until I was 42 did I not see clear of the true situations. Although the Prosecutor may be smart, she''s ignorant to the behavior of an abusive situation. When she said Susan didn''t ''act'' abused that told me she knew nothing. Silence conseals shame. I can easily imagine Susan Wright''s behavior. I was able to cover up a marriage of physical and mental abusive for many many years. The normal behavior outside of closed doors is almost a break from the abuse of being kicked, punched, pushed, rape pointing guns and not able to have had kids because of this. Today, no family & few friends know. Although I got out, had I had kids I would have been even more terrified and afraid to leave, I get sick to my stomach thinking what I could have been capable in doing had children been in the picture. Divorce isn''t always an answer, it should be, but it isnt''. I don''t condone what Susan did but understand it, how it came to such a rage and even the fact she was still scared of him even though he was dead of that many stabbings, I know it sounds crazy but abuse can distort the thinking to that degree.

[gringa338]

This is not only about Susan but also her child. These guys usually start once a child is born. She was trying to save her child as much as what was left of her life. When I was going through this myself, I felt like I was already dead. Nothing much mattered. They take your soul away. You can only understand this if you''ve been through it.

[dallaskurt]

No, they are not as guilty, because they did not stab someone 193 times, bury them in the backyard, wait a week, try their best to cover it up, then finally tell someone what they did once they couldn''t live with themselves anymore.

[p033105]

HOW CAN A PERSON SAY THAT SHE MUST BE CRAZY TO HAVE STABBED HIM 193X. WHEN A WOMAN IS FED UP THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. NOT SAYING THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO BUT WE AS WOMEN HAVE TO PUT OUR SELF IN HER SHOES. GOD DID NOT PUT US ON EARTH TO BE BEAT ON AND WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN RAISED BY OUR PARENTS SO WHO IS A MAN TO TELL US WHEN AND WHAT TO DO.I FEEL AS THOUGH ALL THE SIGNS THAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAD SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE CALLED THE POLICE, SO IT IS THEIR FAULT AS WELL AS HERS. THEY ARE AS GUILTY AS SHE IS.

[wild1ks]

well I live in the house where this occured and I can tell you there is more sheetrock repairs on the walls of this house than an average house should have....guess getting thrown against the wall does leave damage........of course this is just perspective of someone living in this house now. There is alot to this story that never made it into court.

[dallaskurt]

Who''s to say she wasn''t coming down off cocaine herself? Maybe that''s why she waited the week before telling anybody. So they couldn''t find the drugs in HER system. Everyone keeps saying cocaine makes you do crazy stuff. I''d call that pretty crazy. Abused or not abused, she made the choice to stay with the man. No one forced her to stay. She stabbed the man 193 times. She is exactly where she needs to be, locked up. I hope she does get her retrial, and they sentence her to death by lethal injection. How would you ladies feel if that was YOUR son she had stabbed?

[dallaskurt]

Who''s to say she wasn''t coming down off cocaine herself? Maybe that''s why she waited the week before telling anybody. So they couldn''t find the drugs in HER system. Everyone keeps saying cocaine makes you do crazy stuff. I''d call that pretty crazy. Abused or not abused, she made the choice to stay with the man. No one forced her to stay. She stabbed the man 193 times. She is exactly where she needs to be, locked up. I hope she does get her retrial, and they sentence her to death by lethal injection. How would you ladies feel if that was YOUR son she had stabbed?

[dana771]

No one can speak unless they have dealt with a spouse coming off of cocaine. They are not rational.

[dana771]

People need to get educated about cocaine abuse. It causes aggressive behavior when coming off of it. They should have called experts, such as people who have formerly been married to a cocaine user. Being with someone who has the addiction is terrible. People think it is easy to get out of, but you love the person and are trying to help them plus save your marriage. They lie to you and tell you every lie you can imagine and more then that they blame you for everything. Further this young lady''s mother hid the abuse of her husband. So this lady accused was taught to hide the abuse, because that is what "Good Women" do. She was taught while growing up as a child, that it is a disgrace to share abuse. This is why her mother lied in court, because respecting your husband is better then pointing out the abuse. It is very clear that this women endured a lot of abuse and lost it. Cocaine is a nightmare. How come they did not point this out in court.?

[cvalentini-2009]

I really feel sympathy for Susan. Last night when I was watching her I knew in my heart that she was innocent. I know she killed him, but I believe that she was pushed to her limit. I couldn''t help to pray for her re-trial and being set free. I believe that his family may have known what was going on but of course they wouldn''t say because it would make their son look bad. I believe that she was a good wife and mother. May God be with her through this. He would have ended up killing her or one of there children I believe. As far as the lawyer defending his case, she was rediculous, I think she lives every day of her life knowing that she was wrong. Susan, if your able to read this, I wish the best for you and just have faith in God honey, he will pull you through anything.

[l8768]

I believe Susan Wright was in a state of fear, hopelessness and hidden anger (I do not believe she knew she was angry). I believe she being married to such a person had nothing in her brain but what he was saying and doing to her. I believe when she finally broke she did what had been instilled in her as a child. I believe she saw this in her home as a child and she had no recourse but to act accordingly. Be a good wife, keep problems that are in the home, in the home. I believe that the prosecutor has no clue about such a life lived and showed anger and prejudice regarding the situation. I believe it was her job the get a conviction but, the anger and prejudice was so clear. I hope Susan is retried and given her freedom.

[lauramac1984]

I saw signs in this woman that made it clear that she was abused. And she had no motive of money or a boyfriend. Friends of these types of people always think it''s a lie. In the small town I live in even the police don''t believe you. Besides the drugs, since he was at a gym I wonder if he was also on steroids and that''s what caused his angry outbursts.
I understand her thinking it''s me or him, but 193 stab wounds says she was more than just getting rid of her abuser, she was also very angry.

[cavila86]

I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT THIS GIRL IN JAIL FOR LIFE. HOW CAN SOMEONE HAVE TO HEART TO STABB THER HUSBAND 193 TIMES!!! ITS NOT THAT HARD TO DIVORCE AN "ABUSIVE" HUSBAND. THAT IS NOT A HUMAN BEING THAT IS WHAT U CALL A DEMON!!!

[brandilyn559]

I can understand what she did.Drugs can turn someone you love into someone completely different and abusive. I do believe what she has said. I don''t think this was premeditated because she was not organized and he was not completely buried. I believe the prosecutor badgered her and has wrongly convicted someone to make her career flawless. I believe her conviction is wrong and her children are paying for it. Havent they paid enough! Now they live with people who are gonna tell them their mother is evil and wrong and she was not!! I hope she gets her retrial and is freed. I think she''s paid enough.... her life is now forever changed. Are we no longer allowed to defend ourselves or our children from abusers. Have we resorted back to caveman days??? What''s wrong with this picture??

[nlogan53]

I can definately sympathize with Susan. I am a SURVIVOR of domestic violence. It is as though you are brain washed. You are stripped of your total being. You are robbed of your self worth, your thoughts, your ideas, your feelings. None of these are yours anymore, they belong to the abuser. Soon, you just "exist", without reason, you are just "there". You have to pretend everything is okay, or else, watch out, you could be dead. Not even the police were there to help me. They refused to serve my Order of Protection - not once, not twice, but 3 times. They refused to come to my house when it was broken into, and I know it was him, my abuser who broke in. They refused to do anything when he bought more guns and rifles. He took me away from my family, would not let me visit. I had no friends anymore. I felt I was alone, no where to turn, I was going to die but did not know when or where. I was raped over and over. Somehow I survived, with the mercy of God.