Murder Case Jury Accepts Battered-Wife Defense
A Queens woman has been acquitted of murder in a case the New York Times describes as a key test of the battered-woman defense. Barbara Sheehan admitted that she shot her husband to death in 2008. But she testified that she suffered such relentless abuse from the retired NYPD cop…
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Murder Case Jury Accepts Battered-Wife Defense
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