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2013/06/12 19:30:27
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22868031
An elderly Canadian woman dubbed the "Black Widow" has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for drugging her husband on their honeymoon in Nova Scotia.
Melissa Ann Shepard, 78, pleaded guilty to administering a noxious substance.
She was charged last year after Fred Weeks fell ill at a bed and breakfast.
She has prior convictions, including for the manslaughter of her second husband in 1992, whom she drugged and ran over twice in a car.
She was also sentenced to five years in prison, in 2005, for seven counts of theft from a man in Florida whom she met online and with whom she lived for a month.
Shepard was charged, last October, after her latest husband fell ill from the effects of tranquilisers mixed into his coffee on board a ferry from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland on their honeymoon last September.
The court heard that Fred Weeks came aboard the ferry fit enough easily to walk the 200 metres (220 yards) from his car to a lift.
Hospitalised
But the next day he needed a wheelchair, could not put on his shoes and did not know where his car keys were.
The following night, at a bed and breakfast inn, Mr Weeks fell out of bed and was taken to hospital. He survived.
A statement was read out in court, saying that Shepard misinformed doctors about her husband's health, saying he had prostate problems and was suffering from dementia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.
She also told the hospital that Mr Weeks, who is a father of six adult children, had no other family than her.
A charge of attempted murder against Shepard was dropped because the prosecution could not prove that she had intended to kill him.
Her sentence will be reduced to two years and nine months because of the time she has already served in custody before the trial.
Her lawyer had argued for a shorter sentence, saying Shepard felt remorseful.
Good thing she was remorseful 
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2013/06/12 19:52:52
Subject: Re:Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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A charge of attempted murder against Shepard was dropped because the prosecution could not prove that she had intended to kill him.
What?
For what other purpose do you give someone a substance in a potentially lethal dose other than to kill?
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
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2013/06/12 20:05:13
Subject: Re:Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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It's ok, I'm sure she only ran over that guy twice by accident too, and the stealing from another was just a misunderstanding She has prior convictions, including for the manslaughter of her second husband in 1992, whom she drugged and ran over twice in a car.
She was also sentenced to five years in prison, in 2005, for seven counts of theft from a man in Florida whom she met online and with whom she lived for a month.
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2013/06/12 20:06:33
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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How is she not in jail for life for this?
She has prior convictions, including for the manslaughter of her second husband in 1992, whom she drugged and ran over twice in a car.
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2013/06/12 20:11:04
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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 kronk wrote:How is she not in jail for life for this?
She has prior convictions, including for the manslaughter of her second husband in 1992, whom she drugged and ran over twice in a car.
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That, and who on earth would marry a person with her history, are important questions
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2013/06/12 20:15:02
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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 Dreadclaw69 wrote: kronk wrote:How is she not in jail for life for this?
She has prior convictions, including for the manslaughter of her second husband in 1992, whom she drugged and ran over twice in a car.
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That, and who on earth would marry a person with her history, are important questions
I'm fairly certain she didn't tell her new husband of her prior history before getting married
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2013/06/12 20:22:44
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Blood Angel Captain Wracked with Visions
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Well if he didn't know before, he sure does now
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2013/06/12 20:41:08
Subject: Re:Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Stalwart Space Marine
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Wait.....five years for theft? but only 3 years and a half years for giving another human being a lethal dose of drugs? Hmm so apparently poisoning your partner is less frowned upon than stealing.... WTF? 
I don't know how someone this demented is allowed to walk free in the first place given her history and in general craziness. She needs to be locked up for the rest of her life if they don't want this to happen again.
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2013/06/12 23:57:01
Subject: Re:Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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Why are they jailing an arachnid? 
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2013/06/13 08:24:12
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Worthiest of Warlock Engineers
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The stupidity of the legal systems
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Free from GW's tyranny and the hobby is looking better for it
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2013/06/13 10:24:27
Subject: Re:Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle
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 Ardaric_Vaanes wrote:Wait.....five years for theft? but only 3 years and a half years for giving another human being a lethal dose of drugs? Hmm so apparently poisoning your partner is less frowned upon than stealing.... WTF?
I don't know how someone this demented is allowed to walk free in the first place given her history and in general craziness. She needs to be locked up for the rest of her life if they don't want this to happen again.
Because Male domestic abuse is bad but Female domestic abuse is hilarious...
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale
http://www.theurbanpolitico.com/2013/04/catherine-kieu-and-domestic-violence.html
http://www.blisstree.com/2011/03/25/mental-health-well-being/women-vs-men-the-domestic-violence-double-standard/
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2013/06/13 10:25:15
 insaniak wrote:Sometimes, Exterminatus is the only option.
And sometimes, it's just a case of too much scotch combined with too many buttons...
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2013/06/13 11:54:00
Subject: Re:Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Stalwart Space Marine
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Yeah I'm aware of the double standards, ^ the above has actually been an issue that has bothered me for years.
This seems more like a fethed up legal system thing though more than anything though, I think if someone finds an innocent man being drugged to death funny then they need their head checking.
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2013/06/13 12:12:18
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle
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Sorry, I wasn't saying they find it funny, just being flippant about the fact that female domestic violence, and women committing crime in general is seen as "less bad" than men.
Sentencing disparity between men and women is well documented. Poor black men get the worst treatment with rich white women the best. This is taking in to account variables in criminal background (i.e. it is not that women with no criminal record get lesser sentences than men with long criminal records).
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insaniak wrote:Sometimes, Exterminatus is the only option.
And sometimes, it's just a case of too much scotch combined with too many buttons...
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2013/06/13 12:39:29
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 mega_bassist wrote: Dreadclaw69 wrote: kronk wrote:How is she not in jail for life for this?
She has prior convictions, including for the manslaughter of her second husband in 1992, whom she drugged and ran over twice in a car.
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That, and who on earth would marry a person with her history, are important questions
I'm fairly certain she didn't tell her new husband of her prior history before getting married
That's why I run a background check on every woman before the first date, complete with lie detector and a survey on their views of pirating 40k material via pdf.
You can never be too sure. 
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2013/06/13 13:34:30
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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kronk wrote:
That's why I run a background check on every woman before the first date, complete with lie detector and a survey on their views of pirating 40k material via pdf.
You can never be too sure.
...That's what I've been doing wrong all these years...
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2013/06/13 16:45:17
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Androgynous Daemon Prince of Slaanesh
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And here I was hoping this was going to be a thread about a hot redhead in black leather with an addiction to maple syrup flavored lube. Disappoint!
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2013/06/13 19:36:02
Subject: Canadian Black Widow Jailed
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Fixture of Dakka
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 timetowaste85 wrote:And here I was hoping this was going to be a thread about a hot redhead in black leather with an addiction to maple syrup flavored lube. Disappoint!
Lol, thread win (I want this too).
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