Woman Who Poisoned Margarita Gets 23 Years
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A woman in upstate New York has been sentenced to 23 years in state prison for killing her boyfriend by lacing a jug of margarita cocktails with antifreeze.
Cynthia Galens was convicted of manslaughter in September and could have faced up to 25 years in prison at her sentencing Wednesday in Ontario County, near Rochester.
The 52-year-old said she was sorry for the pain she caused.
Galens was charged with murder in January, three months after Air Force veteran Thomas Stack died from complications of ethylene glycol poisoning. But a grand jury later opted for a less severe manslaughter charge.
Investigators say Galens told them Stack was emotionally and physically abusive and she decided to exact revenge by pouring a shot glass of the toxic chemical into the margarita mix. Stack died four days later. Galens says she only wanted to make him sick.
On Oct. 3, medics summoned to the couple's home took an unresponsive Stack to the hospital, where he later died.
An autopsy listed the cause of death as "complications of ethylene glycol intoxication," referring to the active ingredient in automotive antifreeze.
CBS/AP Cynthia Galens was convicted of manslaughter in September and could have faced up to 25 years in prison at her sentencing Wednesday in Ontario County, near Rochester.
The 52-year-old said she was sorry for the pain she caused.
Galens was charged with murder in January, three months after Air Force veteran Thomas Stack died from complications of ethylene glycol poisoning. But a grand jury later opted for a less severe manslaughter charge.
Investigators say Galens told them Stack was emotionally and physically abusive and she decided to exact revenge by pouring a shot glass of the toxic chemical into the margarita mix. Stack died four days later. Galens says she only wanted to make him sick.
On Oct. 3, medics summoned to the couple's home took an unresponsive Stack to the hospital, where he later died.
An autopsy listed the cause of death as "complications of ethylene glycol intoxication," referring to the active ingredient in automotive antifreeze.
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- I don't know why something isn't done about the problem of anti-freeze. I saw a program on the subject and at least one state passed a law that something be put in anti-freeze to give it a bitter taste. There should however be a federal law dealing with anti-freeze being mixed with liquids or whatever.
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- She should have shot him in the middle of the night when he got up to go to the bathroom. she could claim she thought he was an intruder. It worked for that guy last year after he shot and killed his fiance - no charges were even pressed - it was just a tragic gun accident. That's the way to get rid of someone now-a-days.
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- Another stupid mistake in judgement. She should have left him instead of putting up with an abusive relationship. It would have saved her 23 years in prison.
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- She should of cooked him SPAM twice a day more effective to get rid of him with out committing a crime
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