You know, I could buy the abused housewife routine if it weren't for a few very important observations. The first being that he was tied to the bed. This guy outweighed her and if she stabbed him while he was untied since it says none of the stab wounds were fatal, he would have over powered her and killed her. Another is the fact that there were over 190 wounds and not all of them were direct stab wounds, namely the ones to the ***** area. Another fact is that she buried him, them removed his voice from the answering machine and emptied the bank accounts. If he had just disappeared and she was a battered wife and had just filed charged against him why would she do these things? I feel she wanted out of the marriage, she had learned this behavior from her parents and she killed him for the money. Again, all of this is speculation as none of us were there that night. Only she really knows the truth and I doubt she knows what that is. I think she is a good actress from my observations of her on the witness stand. I think cases like this make if very hard for those that are truely abused. My heart does go out to those, as I do know there are many secrets that are never told until someone does end of dead. This is a sad sad case and especially for the children who are left to wonder.
No one explained why Susan killed her husband... She was mad at him?? You don't stab your husband 200 times just because you are mad at him... Why not just use a gun instead?? This whole act is irrational and Susan's actions easily show that she was not in sane state.. Something was going on in that house and it sure wasn't just a couple fighting over money....I feel sorry for Susan... She needed someone to step into her life and pull her completely away from this guy... But I really feel sorry for her children. They lost so much. Husbands in the world, respect yourself and your wife, wives in this world, respect yourself and your husbands... read the BIBLE...
No woman deserves to be beaten or raped ever. The worst part other than the abuse is the sentence. Couldn't someone use common sense, how about 10 years, supervised probation, help, for like another ten? They both did wrong, the husband was an ass. I don't think it was self defense, more like temporary insanity. She was abused, this doesn't justify what she did, but the sentence could have made more sense. To also get confindement is a lot worse than a dorm room in medium custody.
I want to say I am a male; no man who says he loves a woman will hit, control, abuse, munipulate, isolate, or treat a woman with violence. This is not love. Let me say this again, this is not love.
I too was in an abusive relationship. I can understand how this happened and think she should be released with credit for time served. When we are scared for our lives we can do things unthinkable and temporarily crazy. I believe she was in shock and she was still conditioned in her thinking. Does anyone know if any of the jury had been in an abusive relationship? If not, this was not a fair jury of her peers in my opinion. I do not condone murder. But...if someone ever comes at me again (and they won't) I will fight for my life with everything or anything I can. Yes there are shelters and help but you have to be able to break free and get there. I was never able to use phone, car, job for very long, friends had to be his friends and even then only when he was there. Isolation is there power and it is a slow and gradual process. I didn't realize I was in this situation till it was too late. I ran away,he came and kidnapped me, had him arrested several times. The justice system doesn't hold them long enough or follow up on their probation and classes. A Stay Away Order or Protective Order doesn't work either if they are crazy. It is only a piece of paper if the abuser does not repect the law to begin with. I know i am rambling but this program really got to me. I finally hid out long enough and was able to get away by moving. It was a long road but I madeit out. Some people leave or run away and are tracked down because the abuser looks at us as thier property and will do anything to keep you silent. I knew why the mother lied on the stand. She was protecting herself as she later stated. I hope she gets another chance.
I in no way condone or advocate taking matters in your own hands. It is so easy to say or write why doesn't she just leave. It is not that simple or easy. No one in my family nor do people I now tell my story would have ever believed in a million years I would have become a battered wife. I am a highly educated woman, meaning I have my doctoral degree. The question should be why does she stay. There are a multitude of reasons, first you do not recognize that it is happening it is a systematic breakdown of self with constant attacks. You believe everything is your fault and all you want to do is try to find that man you fell in love with. I could tell my story, but I do understand this woman. I was there, I had snapped. I lived 3000 miles away from any family members, and I did not tell. As I was too embarrassed, and really believed everything was my fault. Then my heart bottomed out, as he became more vicious and cruel mentally I felt my heart pop like a rubber band. He shifted his attacks from mental over a period of 3yrs and then became physical he choked me unconscious more than once. He was 6'4 220lbs I am 5'5 130 I started plotting and rationalizing that HE served no useful purpose whatsoever and the world would be a better place without him, because he was just to vile and vicious to be human. I rationalized he was the son of Satan and I truly believed it. I had my plan, I would wait until there was not a chance he could get to me, that would be as he slept. I knew the morning would bring more abuse and he would eventually kill me. There was not a thought about women shelters, my nearest neighbor was five miles away. There was not any thoughts about seeking external help for the reasons mentioned above. All I wanted was peace, and I would not achieve that as long as he remained alive. Before I pulled the trigger aimed at his head, my deceased grandfather appeared and said NO MAN is worth losing your freedom, and at that same time my neighbor and her husband that lived five miles away stopped in to see me. My neighbors noticed the bruises around my neck they were severe, and also noticed some bruising on my arms, and called the Sherriff and my husband was taken away. I was fortunate I was saved,at that moment for a short period of time. The peace lasted for two years I relocated back home, and then one night, he broke into my apartment stabbed me, and tried to gutt me as if he were trying to clean a fish. I had neighbors. 45 days in intensive care, a scar from my breastbone to below my belly button is a constant reminder of his rage. I understand her. He is in prison for attempted murder. I am the daughter of a Police Captain and a sister of an FBI agent. If it could happen to me it could happen to anyone. I understand her.
I just find it hard to understand that after she put her son back to bed, she went back into the bedroom and continued to stab her husband. Why didn't she just walk away, call the police, something. I would have thought that seeing her son would maybe woken her up to what she had done. Why did she go back into the bedroom??? I know that domestic violance does crazy things to peoples minds but WOW! It's just a sad situation all around, nobody wins no matter what.
I can tell you excatly why she went back in after settling in her son in bed. She wanted to make sure that he was 100% dead and would not come back and survive so he could harm her or the kids. I know as i was also a victim of domestic violence. I was stabbed multiple times and beat by an ex-boyfiend years ago and was afraid to tell anyone must less the police out of being afraid of revenge. This man is still free ad though it happened years ago i still dont want him to find out where i live. There were times when he was beatin me that i could have snapped out and done the same but he always had the advantage and the strength to survive my retaliations. I got away from him by shear luck and god's will. Until you have survived from domestic violence i would not be too quick to judge.
I signed up just to leave this comment. I've been watching the 48hrs series for a while now... this episode really got to me more than any other. My gut feeling tells me this woman is not an evil person, to the contrary. I hope she gets off. Prolonged abuse does crazy things to peoples minds, I know from experience. I don't condone murder, but I can see how someone in her situation might snap, and no longer think straight. I don't for a second believe that this woman, once set free, will pose a danger to our society. This is just a really sad, horrible story... I have her in my prayers.
I have been watching this series for a while.I think that justices was served.25 years is nothing,compared to what her children have been going through and will be going through.There is so much help out there, for these domestic violence cases.No matter how bad he or she treats you, there always help.you do not take the law in your own hands.I hope the judge will see, that this was planned,that she knew what she was doing,and she was hoping that she can use the domestic violence as her way out of this murder.She claims she misses the holidays and birthdays with her children, well she should of thought of that before she stabbed her husband 193 times.this to me is premeditated murder.the old saying is, you do the crime, you do the time.25 years to life is fair.Not 6 years.I hope the district attorney,will fight to keep this women in jail.
The law and your so called help for domestic violence cases are a joke. that is why so many woman are killed every year from partners who are not afraid of the law or conseqences they will face..thier domination over the woman dead or alive superseeds the worst of penalties one could face. Like my ex always told me...If i cant have you know one else will...or we can go out together and i'll have the staisfaction that i too you with me as the ultimate penality here is your death. dont be so quick to judge,
you must not have ever been in or know someone that has been in an abusive relationship...it is not that easy to just leave...i totally disagree with you. everyone is entitled to their own opinions and conclusions.
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But I really feel sorry for her children. They lost so much. Husbands in the world, respect yourself and your wife, wives in this world, respect yourself and your husbands... read the BIBLE...
I want to say I am a male; no man who says he loves a woman will hit, control, abuse, munipulate, isolate, or treat a woman with violence. This is not love. Let me say this again, this is not love.
Bob