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2 mar 2017 · Francine Hughes (seated at right) and her attorney, Arjen Greydanus, address the media after she was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity in November 1977.
Crime and trial. On the day of the fire, March 9, 1977, Francine returned from her secretarial course in the afternoon and found Mickey intoxicated and irate. [9] .
9 lip 2020 · A new documentary looks at the landmark case of Francine Hughes and examines the inequalities in the criminal-justice system’s treatment of women who kill in self-defense.
31 mar 2017 · Ms. Hughes was charged with first-degree murder. In November, a jury of 10 women and two men took five hours to pronounce Ms. Hughes not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. The case, widely...
21 mar 2019 · Francine Hughes stood outside her Michigan home, watching it burn. Inside was her abusive husband, Mickey. Earlier that night, he had beaten and raped her for the last time.
2 mar 2017 · Francine Hughes of Dansville walked away from Lansing City Hall a free woman. A jury of 10 women and two men found her not guilty by reason of insanity in the first-degree murder of her...
9 lip 2020 · Francine Hughes did not stab her husband or kill her husband while he was in the process of abusing her. He was sound asleep in a drunken stupor. And we decided at that time to charge her with first-degree murder.
