To think that Angry Betty should be released from prison

[northernstar0412]

Betty Broderick, aka Angry Betty, the subject of the Netflix Dirty John 2 series - shot dead her ex-husband and his OW in California in 1989.

In 1991 she was sentenced to 32 years to life and has twice been denied parole. She won't be eligible again till 2032, when she is 84.

Other murderers are released before serving all of their terms and I think she should be freed. OK, so Betty was no angel, but the balance of her mind was disturbed when she committed her crimes and the only two people she posed a threat to are gone.

I feel sorry for Betty and can't help thinking she is being made an example of partly because her exH was a prominent and influential lawyer widely known and respected throughout the California law enforcement system.

Her first trial resulted in a hung jury, and such was the level of provocation Betty was subjected to, on many levels, by her exH and his OW that a male juror said of the shootings: "I don't know what took her so long."

Not that I am condoning murder. But she's done her time. I say, "Free Betty Broderick".

I'd not heard of this case and have spent the last hour reading about it. I'm afraid to say that I have little sympathy for this woman. Her divorce settlement was exceptionally generous, she had a house, monthly alimony, cars and could have had custody of her children if she hadn't been so blinded with anger at the fact that her husband (who, by all accounts, she'd threaten to leave numerous times before) had fallen in love with someone else.

She spent years taking revenge on him - abusive calls, smashing up the house, alienating the children and ultimately killing him and his wife and she's still convinced she acted reasonably.

I think prison is where she belongs.

The new wife was also the other woman who clearly had her own part to play in the mess. She must have been aware of his game playing and either turned a blind eye or took part in the all the fun.

Since when did an OW not controlling a man become a death penalty offence? Do we have a patriarchy or not?