[VBprogrammer]

I'm surprised none of you have heard of the story. It was subject to a pretty interesting dramatisation only a year or two ago.

She may have killed her mother but doing so was not too far from self defense in my mind.

[casperb]

I live in the Netherlands, probably not talked about over here. But second, I try to avoid the news. Glad I missed this one :)

[stavros]

She didn't kill her mother, though. She had someone else do it. I guess that's the problem, and I think he's still in prison.

[VBprogrammer]

Yeah, that's true. Also the preplanning aspect of it. I think if she'd have just snapped and killed her mum herself it wouldn't have gone to court. But someone who lived through that doubtlessly had a strange view of the world so judging her behaviour though any rational lens is probably slightly unfair.

[fennecbutt]

Men get tasked with violence at the behest of women far too often, imo.