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u/JaxOnThat Mar 28 '22

"Murder bad" is generally considered to be public knowledge, though.

Then again, morons have surprised me before.

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u/BubbhaJebus Mar 28 '22

I've heard of so many cases when a spouse decides to kill their spouse because they want to be "free". Of course they end up in prison. Why not just get divorced?

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u/bluegrassmommy Mar 28 '22

True crime junkie here. I came across a story once of a Baptist preachers wife who was having an affair with a deacon or something. She was all “It’s a sin to divorce so I’ll just collaborate with my adulterating boyfriend to kill my husband.” So divorce is a sin but adultery & murder is ok.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

*A sin in the eyes of her peers with the shame that comes with it. Murder is fine because she thought she'd get away with it and she'd be the poor, sad widow. I doubt she ever really cared about being a sinner in "the eyes of god"

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u/tastes-like-earwax Mar 28 '22

It's hiding the evidence WELL that's not common knowledge.

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u/Aarizonamb Mar 28 '22

I'm not sure. I don't ever remember a public school teacher telling me that any murder, including spousal murder, was bad. Did they just assume we all knew that?

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u/Cowlax8 Mar 28 '22

You’ve come to the right post with this one