Straight Talk: Policies, Politics, and the Effective Leadership!: Killing One's Spouse is NOT the Answer.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Killing One's Spouse is NOT the Answer.

In every troubled marriage, it is better and safer to walk away than to resort to violence or unnecessary litigation. Fighting is never ever the answer. It is better for the kids to have both parents alive, even though living separately than to have one of them dead and the other in prison for life. It doesn't make any sense.

She is convicted of killing her husband for not granting her divorce petition or allowing her to end the marriage. What type of marriage was that? Much as I am willing, I can't take away societal or parental pressure from the forced union. I also believe age is a factor here. Anyway, you can't force it, if it is not meant to be. Just take a walk.

I know the appropriate appeal process is yet to be initiated or exhausted. Nevertheless, I honestly believe that it would have been better for the defendant and her lawyers to take the path of self-defense than the accidental death hogwash that was easily debunked by the Judge and the Prosecutor.

One not so obvious fact though was the comment by the Judge that even though the Prosecutor didn't prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, there are enough compelling grounds for him to convict the defendant. That's very disturbing. This is a criminal case; the threshold is proof beyond reasonable doubt and not a preponderance of the evidence. If the Prosecutor didn't prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, the lower court, legally, cannot convict. A civil case, yes.
(Also, can a trial Judge base its judgment on facts not litigated or legal issues not canvassed before it by the parties or the Prosecutors? This is simply an academic issue and I am willing to learn).
Anyway, my heart goes out to their poor daughter and the family of the deceased husband.

The judge said Ms Sanda stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife with a clear intent to kill.