Comments on: Molino Mom Sentenced For Husband’s Murder

By: Easy G

Easy G — Thu, 05 May 2016 18:17:49 +0000

#StandYourGround is a flawed, useless, unecessary law which does not work for battered women.

By: Abused for years

Abused for years — Tue, 03 May 2016 01:38:48 +0000

Unless you are a female in an abusive situation you would never understand the situation. “She never called 911?” You don’t dare to call because he will get out of jail very quickly and come for you and your children! You just try to hide the abuse from your friends and family and hope to live. It is good that I didn’t have a gun in my possession during those years of abuse because I would have probably shot him in his sleep!

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Mon, 02 May 2016 11:48:24 +0000

She got what she got because the prosecution offered her the manslaughter charge.
First she tried to use the “stand your ground law” defense.
But the court said no.
But if she went to trial with a charge of more than manslaughter she could have claimed self defense.
And possibly be found not guilty by jury.
Prosecution obviously did not have a convincing case against her.
And offered her the conviction she got instead.

By: bewildered

bewildered — Sun, 01 May 2016 14:05:27 +0000

Nobody knows what went on behind their closed doors. We all have a face that we show to the public every day. If he was an abusive husband he got what he deserved – if not, the lady will have to answer to a higher power in the end. I only know that living in an abusive relationship can absolutely cause you to snap – you might not remember if you shot three or a hundred times just to put an end to the misery. .

By: fisherman

fisherman — Sun, 01 May 2016 13:20:17 +0000

We can all speculate what actually happened that night. I can’t condone abuse by either man or woman (women can be just as abusive) unless you were there you don’t know. Only her and family and God knows. They have to live with that wait for karma.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 01 May 2016 12:39:13 +0000

It is not as easy as some think to just walk away. Most men who are abusive are very controlling as well, limiting their spouse access to money and transportation, and even making people uncomfortable to be around them so as to limit the abused contact to friends, and family. Not to mention a person needs some where to go when they leave. Then there is the argument, Why didn’t someone, say a friend or a family member, step in? When that happens the person stepping in usually gets arrested. I know nothing of this case or the people involved but I will say from what I have read the shooting of Jason Rogers was no the only thing being tried here. From the start the Stand Your Ground Law was being challenged.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 01 May 2016 03:06:14 +0000

She had two choices. Leave or shoot the daddy of her children twice in the back and once more in the head. No testimony of her making prior 911 calls for being abused. Neither of the twos daughters who testified of prior abuse ever called 911. Only at the trial did the shooter and two daughters conveniently claimed that there was prior abuse. But you can’t blame the convicted wife or oldest daughter pleading for the judge not to impose prison. But the blame should be on the judge who didn’t even follow the suggested guidelines of a 9 year prison term. What didn’t the judge understand? Two shots in the back and 1 in the head. What a disgrace. He should be removed from office. And for people saying “the deceased” sounded like a bad guy. Really? You are going to take the word over someone who pleaded No contest to manslaughter?

By: molino jim

molino jim — Sun, 01 May 2016 02:56:09 +0000

As I recall she shot him in the back when he started to a closet where he kept his guns and “was going to end this right now”. Puts another light on the subject. Both of their daughters testified as to what kind of abuse their mother had to put up with and ask that she not be sent to prison. Now what happens to the family home and to the two daughters. Judge you made a bad call on this one.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:36:31 +0000

I agree she should have not been abused. But here’s the facts she shot him in the back this means he must have been walking away from her at that point. This means that the threat was over she should have left the house. This sounds to me like she got tired of the abuse which she should have been tired of it. But she should have left. She’s very lucky that she got what she got. But I do have to say if this would have been him that did this to her it would have been life in prison or death. The man sounds like he was evil person not defending him. Just saying how our justice system is screwed up and what should have been done.

By: nod

nod — Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:33:25 +0000

Molinoman, ditto. Maybe two shots to the back, but then one in the head?, thats murder.