“I think it sends a terrible message about the criminal justice system, that you can commit a homicide and literally get away with it. Justice was definitely not served here. You had a preacher, who by all accounts was loved in his community, who was shot in the back while he slept.
“You have a woman who says she was abused with absolutely no history, no shred of evidence….battered women who really are battered have to look at this and say this is a total miscarriage of justice…
“At the trial, she took out a pair of high heels and she said, ‘This is how I was abused. He made me wear these heels when we were intimate with each other.’ That’s not abuse. This is ridiculous.‖Former judge and prosecutor Jeanine Pirro, on the Today Show
On the Today Show, former judge and prosecutor Jeanine Pirro, condemned the criminal justice system for it’s kid gloves treatment of husband-killer Mary Winkler. She noted how “strange” it was that during the sentencing the judge talked about “days” as opposed to “years” in a homicide case. Mary Winkler shot Matthew Winkler (pictured) in the back and allowed him to bleed to death for 20 minutes.
To learn more, watch the Today Show video here or see the article below. Also, see my recent blog post Murderess Mary Winkler Walks.
[I'm really starting to like Pirro--unlike many media commentators, she seems to be willing to hold women accountable for their behavior. In June, she and I appeared together on Fox's nationally-syndicated Morning Show with Mike and Juliet to discuss the Texas frozen embryo case. The case involves Augusta Roman, who wants to have children with her ex-husband Randy Roman, who is refusing. I sparred with Augusta's attorney while Augusta turned on the waterworks for the cameras. Pirro wasn't buying it, stating matter-of-factly that August had no case. To watch a video of the show and to learn more about the case, click here.]
Did preacher’s wife get away with murder? Mary Winkler released after serving just 67 days for killing husband
By Mike Celizic
TODAYShow.com contributor
Aug 16, 2007
Mary Winkler, the Tennessee woman who shot her minister husband to death while he slept, was released back into society this week after serving just 67 days, most of it in a prison hospital.
Did she get away with murder? Many think she did, including two TODAY experts, former judge and prosecutor Jeanine Pirro, and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow.
“You can’t give Mary Winkler, in my opinion, any kind of clean bill of health that she won’t be violent in the future,†Ablow told TODAY host Meredith Vieira on Thursday.
“I think it sends a terrible message about the criminal justice system, that you can commit a homicide and literally get away with it,†added Pirro. (more…)
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