“Everybody knew Nellie and Albert weren’t happy,” Sadie told Zeke.
“One day he up and left, moving thirty miles away with a different woman.
Naturally townspeople assumed she’d murdered him so she went to jail for many decades. Upon her release she discovered that he’d been married all that time to her friend Bessie.”
“I’ve heard that story,” Zeke said. “She really murdered him then, and got caught.”
They spent the rest of the night picking apart the details of the case, trying to figure out the ethical ramifications of the punishment’s having preceded the crime.
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Well, since she’d already done the time, I guess she figured she may as well do the crime 🙂
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That would be my assumption too. At least she’s made it worth the trouble
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Thats called double jeopardy so she’s good!
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Thats called double jeopardy so she’s good!
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It’s so weird when it happens that way but I assume she can’t be tried again
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That’s right. There’s a wonderful movie with Sandra Bullock and Morgan Freeman called Double Jeopardy. 😉
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My personal favorite is “Double Jeopardy” with Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones. Tommy Lee sorta reprises his role in The Fugitive, but the interplay between them is more fun. Favorite scene: when Ashley’s still in jail, her lawyer friend lets her know about ‘double jeopardy’. And says, “Kinda gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling, don’t it?”
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Yes!! My favourite too!
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Dear Larry,
I would call it justifiable homicide. And don’t townspeople love to gossip? Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle . I don’t know if what she did was worth it though it’s so very logically consistent. Shalom
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Who could blame her? A perfect title by the way!
Here’s mine!
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Thanks~
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Can’t blame her too much to be honest. May as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb and all that…
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Oy yes I can most certainly understand that . The frustration and resentment would get me quite crazy too under the same circumstances
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In my book she kills ’em both. Women have a code about that stuff, right?
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That’s what I’ve heard
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🙂
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Per my comment above, I love the concept of double jeopardy. It makes for great movies, but as your story says, there would still be ‘ethical ramifications’. She probably wouldn’t get away with it, but we can dream! (and tell stories). Are you thinking of this as a plot for a novel?
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That would be so especially interesting to turn it into a novel
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Must have been strong circumstantial corpus delecti to convict without a body.
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Maybe her reputation was suspicious enough
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