thedrifter
06-05-08, 07:23 AM
Wife freed as stabbing ruled self-defense
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jun 5, 2008 6:39:37 EDT
SAN DIEGO — A woman who stabbed her Marine husband to death at their Camp Pendleton home has been freed.
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns ruled that Joy Medley killed Sgt. William Medley, 36, in self-defense Oct. 26, 2003. and there wasn’t enough evidence to warrant a murder or manslaughter trial.
From her sister’s home in North Carolina, Medley said she’s amazed and overwhelmed by the judge’s ruling May 29.
The murder case was being tried in federal court because it took place on a military base.
Medley said her husband of 10 years punched her several times and told her, “If I’m going down, I’m going in a bag. You are going to ruin my career.”
Ellie
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jun 5, 2008 6:39:37 EDT
SAN DIEGO — A woman who stabbed her Marine husband to death at their Camp Pendleton home has been freed.
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns ruled that Joy Medley killed Sgt. William Medley, 36, in self-defense Oct. 26, 2003. and there wasn’t enough evidence to warrant a murder or manslaughter trial.
From her sister’s home in North Carolina, Medley said she’s amazed and overwhelmed by the judge’s ruling May 29.
The murder case was being tried in federal court because it took place on a military base.
Medley said her husband of 10 years punched her several times and told her, “If I’m going down, I’m going in a bag. You are going to ruin my career.”
Ellie