Word: weekleys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After reading your article on Kay Weekley, who killed her husband after years of violence [SOCIETY, Dec. 23], I had flashbacks of my own disastrous, painful, abusive relationship with my first husband. I can picture myself with a double-barreled shotgun standing over him while he was sleeping, the father of my only child, and trying to decide if this was the way I wanted to end my "living hell." Kay Weekley was a victim of a tragedy that has happened to others over and over again. I know the pain and I have the scars. Like...
...thought about poisoning this man and having him done away with because of the pain, physical and emotional, that I endured from him for years. Through God's grace I was able to move, but after 10 years of being away from him, I still get flashbacks. Let Kay Weekley go! She's endured a thousand years of prison in what she has been through in this horrible relationship. YVONNE THOMPSON Los Angeles...
...assistant prosecutor in the Weekley case, I would like to add some information to your report. I believe your article distorted this case by simply rehashing the jury-rejected defense arguments. The relationship between Kay Weekley and her ex-husband Jackie was a violent one. Kay admitted that previous to Jackie's murder, she had shot up his car with him in it. The jury also heard evidence that on an earlier occasion she had Maced him and had beaten him with a frying pan while he slept. Her version of the knife fight that preceded Jackie's murder...
...physical evidence presented at the murder trial was consistent with Kay's having shot Jackie from outside the trailer, where she admitted having earlier lain in wait to kill him. Kay Weekley ended this relationship by committing the ultimate act of domestic violence. RICHARD M. RIFFE, Assistant Prosecutor Boone County Madison, West Virginia...
...father beat my mother for 15 years while people in authority did nothing. We never knew why or when my father would begin his assault. It could happen any day of the week and at any hour. When Kay Weekley stated that she knew her husband came to her trailer to kill her, she spoke as only a battered woman could speak--from experience. These women fear for their lives. My mother carried a small paring knife for protection against my father. Kay Weekley does not belong in jail. She should be with her children, who need all the love...