The wife who killed her preacher husband

[MikeWaters]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/14...ain/index.html

What if this had been flipped on its head, would a man get just 7 months of jail for killing his wife?

Death Sentence

But on the stand, Matthew Winkler described a hellish 10-year marriage during which, he said, his wife didn't clean house, was an awful cook, criticized him and blamed her when things went wrong. He said she refused to watch shows as tame as "Three's Company" and would infrequently agree to sex, and then not even really act like she wanted to be there those times.

7 months jail

But on the stand, Mary Winkler described a hellish 10-year marriage during which, she said, her husband struck her, screamed at her, criticized her and blamed her when things went wrong. She said he made her watch pornography and wear "slutty" costumes for sex, and that he forced her to submit to sex acts that made her uncomfortable.