Talk:Monica Kingston

Legal Outcome
I edited the page to reflect that is not explicitly stated what happened to Monica after she killed Bill. However, I must inform all editors that she is not necessarily guilty of murder. The laws of different states in the US have varying criminal procedures, measures and even statutory laws on situations such as this. It is sometimes called Extreme Emtional Disturbance (EED) or less frequently, temporary insanity. It applies when a person is subjected to such extreme stressers that they lose any ability to appreciate consequences, but without being permanently "insane" in the legal sense. It is rarely talked about in the media but it is a legal fact (see an early example, Patterson v. New York) Monica in this case has been held against her will by a murderer, has seen her own child's dead body, knows her child was held captive for years and raped repeatedly, and was subsequently raped herself. Further, her gunning down of the man responsible was done in full view of law enforcement, rather than needing to be reconstructed forensically. A court would have a very, very hard time prosecuting her and the case would make national headlines.Legitimus (talk) 16:10, May 4, 2015 (UTC)