Murderer Pastor's Wife Regains Custody of Children
In what has to be one of the biggest travesty's of justice in America in recent years the Church of Christ pastor's wife who got off with a three year sentance for shooting her husband in the back with a shotgun while he slept (and then only served part of that sentance) has now regained custody of her two daughters.
Her slain husbands parents had custody of the children after she murdered their son but now the murdering mom has regained full custody.
I am so ashamed of the state of Tennessee and the judicial system that let her get away with murder and now have her children back.
Here is a link to the article about her getting her children;
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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Originally Posted by Rico
CC1, do you have a problem with the "battered wife syndrome" defense?
Rico, the particulars in this case make the judgement a travesty to me. She said that they were arguing about money. She was dumb enough to lose money in one of those Nigerian scams. She said they were arguing and she just lost it. She shot him in the back while he was laying in bed (not attacking her) and then ran away with her daughters and was arrested in Alabama. She didn't start talking about killing him because of abuse until it came time to build her legal defense.
She served a total of less than 9 months. If any man had done that he would be fried for sure.
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Re: Murderer Pastor's Wife Regains Custody of Chil
I remember this case,they caught that woman in AL., I saw it on the news.
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Re: Murderer Pastor's Wife Regains Custody of Chil
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Originally Posted by tstew
Rico, the particulars in this case make the judgement a travesty to me. She said that they were arguing about money. She was dumb enough to lose money in one of those Nigerian scams. She said they were arguing and she just lost it. She shot him in the back while he was laying in bed (not attacking her) and then ran away with her daughters and was arrested in Alabama. She didn't start talking about killing him because of abuse until it came time to build her legal defense.
She served a total of less than 9 months. If any man had done that he would be fried for sure.
I don't remember all the detail of the case, Stew. I just know she shot him, got arrested for what she had done, went the battered wife route, and basically won her case, even though she was convicted of a lesser crime.
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Originally Posted by tstew
Rico, the particulars in this case make the judgement a travesty to me. She said that they were arguing about money. She was dumb enough to lose money in one of those Nigerian scams. She said they were arguing and she just lost it. She shot him in the back while he was laying in bed (not attacking her) and then ran away with her daughters and was arrested in Alabama. She didn't start talking about killing him because of abuse until it came time to build her legal defense.
She served a total of less than 9 months. If any man had done that he would be fried for sure.
It was a jury trial. It's not as if it was some judge with an agenda, the jury found her testimony credible. Most of us have made up our minds not after hearing all the evidence but after reading a 4 paragraph news story.
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Originally Posted by Baron1710
It was a jury trial. It's not as if it was some judge with an agenda, the jury found her testimony credible. Most of us have made up our minds not after hearing all the evidence but after reading a 4 paragraph news story.
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I can say this. My best friend who is a member of this forum was the banker who managed their accounts. He was interviewed by the FBI and I am sure had to hand over information.
Although he would never get into details about their fiances, it was about money.
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Re: Murderer Pastor's Wife Regains Custody of Chil
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Originally Posted by tstew
Rico, the particulars in this case make the judgement a travesty to me. She said that they were arguing about money. She was dumb enough to lose money in one of those Nigerian scams. She said they were arguing and she just lost it. She shot him in the back while he was laying in bed (not attacking her) and then ran away with her daughters and was arrested in Alabama. She didn't start talking about killing him because of abuse until it came time to build her legal defense.
She served a total of less than 9 months. If any man had done that he would be fried for sure.
Exactly. She shot him in the back and when the shot knocked him off the bed and he saw his why had shot him his dying words to her were "WHY?".
Not only had she lost their money in that Nigerian scam to cover it up she had opened a second bank account in another town and was kiting checks between the two accounts.
It was all about to come out that day (the bank had called her) and she knew her husband was going to find out and naturally be angry.
There is zero evidence he ever layed a hand on her physically or mentally in an abusive way. The children, close friends, and relatives all never saw anything like that.
At her trial her "smoking gun" was that she said he asked her to dress up in high heels and something sexy sometimes at night in their bedroom.
Sounds like a reason to shoot your husband in the back to me.
The signal it sends to first let her get off with almost no punishment and now to regain custody of her children is pretty scary.
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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