Webjustia columnist and cornell law professor sherry colb comments on a recent case in which a queens, new york, woman named barbara sheehan was.

Kill or be killed.

Webnew york (pix11) — six years ago, barbara sheehan made a fateful choice:

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An alternate juror in the case of a queens woman who killed her husband in a hail of 11 bullets while he was shaving said tuesday that she would have voted to acquit.

After suffering abuse for nearly two decades at the hands of her.

On february 18, 2008, her husband, retired nypd.

Of a viciously battered wife and a shrewish one.

Webbarbara sheehan's battered wife defense had saved her from a conviction for killing her abusive police sergeant husband, but she'll have to surrender and begin.

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But she is now.

Webbarbara sheehan was cleared of murder when a jury believed her claim that she shot and killed her husband, an nypd sergeant, in self defense.

Webin the first two weeks of barbara sheehan’s murder trial, the queens jury heard competing narratives:

| barbara sheehan, a queens woman who killed her husband, a former police sergeant, in a hail of 11 bullets while he was shaving was found.

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