Lawyer: Children Returned to Convicted Preacher-Killer Mary Winkler

Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2008-08-04 19:59

I recently submitted an article speculating about this custody case, now its official. Excerpt:

'MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mary Winkler, the woman convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 2006 shooting death of her minister husband, has taken custody of her three daughters, one of her lawyers said Monday.

Rachael Putnam, a custody attorney, said the former minister's wife picked the girls up Friday from the slain man's parents, Dan and Diane Winkler.
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The grandparents had tried to stop the supervised visits with Winkler, but the state's Court of Appeals upheld the order by a county judge. The Tennessee Supreme Court also rejected the grandparents' appeal.

Winkler was tried for murder after her husband was found slain by shotgun blast to the back, but a jury found her guilty of voluntary manslaughter after she testified about suffering from years of physical and emotional abuse by her husband.'

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of all this legal BS
causing her any financial problems.

anybody want to speculate on how/who ultimately
paid for her lawyers?
must have cost thousands x 100's.
"one of her lawyers"?

can you spell v.a.w.a. boys & goils?

murder financed by taxpayers?

gosh, i'm shocked. yawn.

at least, if true, the courts can prove consistency.
justice was NoT financed by any taxpayer $$$.

good to see that this signals a healing w/in the family
and is best for everybody.

except for the dead husband/father/pastor.

maybe the church congregation took up a
"help pay the lawyers for injustice" collection?

12 days in jail and 2 mos. therapy.
guess that will stop other women from killing!

sorry, couldn't help it.
i know, i know. all those comedians out of work and ...

i don't get it tho. she's not even very pretty.

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Submitted by daveinga on Fri, 2008-08-08 23:45