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Nurse collapses in court after being jailed for attempted murder of husband with insulin (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 4 months ago by Nath@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Super sad case. She tried to kill him to ease his suffering. If he'd been on the record supporting her decision, I think the sentence would have been very different. And she lost him to natural causes anyway. ๐Ÿ˜ž

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[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

What a cruel joke. Violent criminals get shorter sentences for far worse crimes.

It's considered cruel to let an animal suffer, and mercy to put it out of its misery. But a human? Sorry, you gotta suffer for as long as it takes.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

I'm not sure she did it to ease his suffering as opposed to just couldn't hack it any more. But yeah, the system failed this couple hugely

[-] stepchook@mastodon.au 2 points 4 months ago

@Nath
for peep outside lemmy https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-22/wendy-ruth-sym-jailed-nine-years-attempted-murder-husband/104126238

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Usually a news article of someone trying to kill their spouse will paint the aggressor as a horrible person, and the victim as someone who had everything going for them and did no wrong.

Imagine copping dementia and then getting written up as a fucking burden on the person who tried to off you against your will.

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