Q Barbara Peters had been worried about her husband Albert for several months. He was staying later than usual at the office, and was showing less and less interest in her. One evening, while Albert was in the shower, Barbara checked his phone and found numerous romantic texts from a woman named Lydia. Overwhelmed with emotion, Barbara dropped the phone and dashed to the bedroom closet. She loaded Albert’s gun, threw open the bathroom door and shot him six times. Albert was pronounced dead in hospital. Barbara called the police herself, admitted the murder, and made no attempt to plead her innocence. Use your critical thinking skills to analyze this situation. 1. State the issue(s) in one or two sentences as clearly as you can. 2. What should happen to Barbara Peters? How did you arrive at this decision? 3. Are there any mitigating circumstances that could result in a lesser penalty? 4. Is there any additional information that you would have liked to know prior to making your decision?
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