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Monday Morning Moral Dilemma 3
Susan is married to Robert. Robert is a control freak, he tells her what to do, where she can and can't go, what to wear and who she can have as friends. He never physically hurts her, however she feels increasingly trapped and isolated. She doesn't feel able to confide in anyone.
One day she's had enough and puts poison in the sugarbowl knowing that Robert will have his usual cup of tea with two sugars when he gets home from work that evening. She goes out on her normal weekly grocery shopping trip and on the way home has an attack of conscience and resolves to dispose of the poison and not go through with it. However, Robert has come home from work as he's been made redundant and has already had a cup of tea. He dies.
There is a post mortem as Robert was a generally fit and healthy man, and Susan breaks down and confesses. She's charged with murder, and the case for the Defence argues for the lesser charge of manslaughter, citing his unreasonable behaviour and her emotional state of mind.
You're on the jury. Would you find her guilty of Murder? Or the lesser charge of Manslaughter?
Last edited by Kate!; 16-09-2013 at 11:03 AM.
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