More on the woman who shot her husband three times with a shotgun

July 10, 2014 -- “The District Court Clerk's Office says, 42-year-old Kathleen Erskine, of Arthur City, was set to go to trial Monday for murder, but accepted a plea deal Wednesday. She pled guilty to a lesser manslaughter charge.”

http://www.kxii.com/news/headlines/Lamar-Co-woman-sentenced-for-manslaughter-266700651.html

August 10, 2012 – “Forty-year-old Kathleen Erskine was arraigned on a charge of murder Thursday in the shooting death of her husband.

“Justice of the Peace Cindy Ruthart set bond at $250,000, and Erskine remained in Lamar County Jail today.”

http://theparisnews.com/news/front_page/article_f0abe30a-e304-11e1-b499-001a4bcf887a.html

August 21, 2012 – “Kathleen Erskine, charged with murder in the death of her husband, bonded out of Lamar County Jail Monday after her bond was reduced from $250,000 to $20,000.”

http://theparisnews.com/news/article_d640e1b2-eba8-11e1-b5d2-001a4bcf887a.html

In murder cases, a lot goes on outside public view, as anyone who has watched Law & Order knows. In this case, bail was knocked down by $230,000. The charge was reduced from murder to manslaughter. You have to think prosecutors and the judge worked on the theory, “No matter what kind of worthless SOB the woman’s husband was, we can’t have people just shooting worthless SOBs.” No, that would cause a rapid decrease in population.)