This is a tricky one, considering the woman didn't actually kill anyone, her husband did. However, her husband would not have fired the gun had the wife not lied, which puts them both in the wrong.
Having said that, I like to think the husband did what any other husband would do if faced with the same situation. The husband clearly believed his wife was being raped, and shooting the man was a means of defending her.
I think the husband will live with his guilt for a long time, I don't think you could forgive yourself for something like this, so I'd say the husband has suffered enough.
The wife deserves everything she gets - the fact that she cried rape just sickens me. She has mocked rape victims, and should get nothing less than life in prison.
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Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ~ Ernest Gaines
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