ault and might be sent to jail for, maybe, a year.A woman on the Maury Povich talk show (aired 12-7-00), was a woman that was nearly killed, if it wasnt for her son waking up to the noise. Her husband was beating her with a hammer against her head. After several blows to her head and her blacking out every now and then, he came at her with a knife to stab her. Then her 6-year old son came out of his room and saw his mother laying on the floor with blood every where, a her husband was about to stab her she try to prevent him from going any further he slipped and stabbed his self. As he fell to the floor the little boy unlocked the door and helped his mother to the neighbors house. He was prosecuted and sent to jail for 3 years only. From what I know I would consider what he did to his wife was attempted murder. I dont believe that someone who obviously tries to kill his wife should go to jail for only 3years. Once this man gets out hell come back for her. Who will protect her again? If she has a restraining order out on him she might be protected. Not only should he have been charged with attempted murder but also he should have received a charge of endangering the childs welfare. But yet, these men get the lesser of the highest charge possible.There are women who misuse and abuse the claim of Battered Women Syndrome. Some are just trying to find an easy way out. They use it because they planned the whole murder out, they hired a hit man, or they came once already out of relationship; they try to get a lighter sentence. We do we will be holding essential evidence for those who really need it. This defense can read to not guilty verdicts. If we exclude this type of defense we would be sending a woman to jail for a crime which she honestly had no choice but to commit. In the sixth amendment, it states that in all criminal trials, the accused has the right to present a defense.Deciding who has a case, and who doesnt, is th...
