Donna Yaklich
Donna was abused by her narcotics detective husband who also was a weightlifter and took steroids.She was afraid he would kill her.She hired two teen brothers to kill him in December of 1985. Donna was sentenced to 40 years,the two brothers Charles and Edward Greenwell were also convicted and had to serve prison terms for killing Dennis Yaklich. Charles was 16 at the time,and received 20 years; Eddie who was 25 received 30 years.
Betty Broderick
Betty was cheated on by her well known lawyer husband Dan.She was hurt by his betrayal which she suspected he was cheating but it didn't officially come out until he moved out and they divorced,they had one of the ugliest divorces the United Sates ever had saw.Betty bought a Smith and Wesson revolver. She took shooting lessons,and often carried the gun with her and she usually had made threats of Shooting Dan. Eight months after buying the gun and seven after Linda and Dan were married,Betty shot the couple as they slept.Betty is serving her sentence in the California Institution for Women. Her first parole hearing was denied because she showed no remorse for any wrongdoing.She is due to be released in 2021 and she could have reapplied for parole in 2013.
Lorena Bobbitt
Lorena is knowing for cutting off her husband's penis while he slept,she then got in the car and flung the penis out the window while driving in retaliation for his sexual assaults against her but, it was later found and surgically reattached.Lorena told the police that John had raped her continuously.John had denied her accusations but he was acquitted of the charges in 1993.In 1994,Lorena was found not guilty based on expert testimony saying that her husband's abuse caused her to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder,or temporary insanity at the time of the crime.She had to spend 45 days in a psychiatric hospital.
Jodi Arias
Jodi Arias is known for stabbing her ex-boyfriend more than 20 times and shooting him in the head.Jodi was jealous that after learning that Travis wanted to date a mormon something Jodi was not.Travis body was found in the shower of his home. His throat had been cut also. Jodi was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2013.
Susan Wright
Susan Wright was known for stabbing her husband Jeff 193 times in 2003.Susan testified Jeff abused her that's why she needed to kill him.She buried him in a hole he had dug in their yard for a home improvement project.She bought a lot of cleaning products to help cover up the mess that had been made in their house and she had taken the mattress he was killed on in the backyard.She was convicted of first - degree murder in 2004 and is serving a 20 year sentence in at the Crate Unit in Gatesville,Texas