The Heat of Passion Doctrine:: Killing Your Spouse and Getting Away with Murder

Few may be aware of this simple fact, but the killing of a spouse by another in the course of, "the Heat of Passion," can ultimately allow the murderer to go free and only be charged for a lesser offense. This is the difference between a life in jail vs a few years of it, all the while the victim remains dead. Death by Marriage is no longer a joke said at weddings, it is a way of life... and death.