November 16, 2010 12:25 PM ET
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 36-year-old Lincoln woman who stabbed to death her estranged boyfriend was given 15 to 20 years in prison.
Lisa Ramirez-Rodriguez had pleaded no contest to manslaughter after prosecutors lowered the charge from second-degree murder. She was sentenced on Monday.
Police say the victim, 31-year-old Christopher Grant, and Ramirez-Rodriguez had a violent history together. Officers had intervened in fights between the two several times.
The Lincoln Journal Star says that when Grant died last November, he and Ramirez-Rodriguez weren't living together.
Police say Ramirez-Rodriguez told officers that she stabbed Grant with a steak knife. She wouldn't say why.
She also told police she didn't want him to die.
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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