PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- A 68-year-old man will be sentenced March 10 after being convicted of manslaughter in his wife's 2008 slaying.
A jury convicted Thomas Carr Friday after nearly six hours of deliberation.
Testimony revealed that 66-year-old Margie Faye Carr was stabbed 19 times, and Thomas Carr confessed to the killing in a taped police interview, according to the Mississippi Press.
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Jackson County Circuit Judge Kathy King Jackson will sentence the St. Martin man March 10.
Carr was on trial for murder, which carried a sentence of life in prison. Because he was convicted of the lesser charge, he faces a maximum 20-year prison sentence.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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