Francine Hughes
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Francine Moran Hughes (later Wilson; August 17, 1947 – March 22, 2017)[1] was an American woman who, after thirteen years of domestic abuse, set fire to the bed in which her live-in ex-husband Mickey Hughes was sleeping, on March 9, 1977, in Dansville, Michigan. Mickey was killed and the house destroyed in the resulting fire. At trial, Hughes was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity in one of the first cases involving "battered-woman syndrome" as a defense.[2][3]
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Francine Hughes | |
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Born | (1947-08-17)August 17, 1947 Stockbridge, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | March 22, 2017(2017-03-22) (aged 69) Leighton, Alabama |
Occupation(s) | Nurse, LPN |
Known for | Killing her husband after years of abuse, and being found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity |
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