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78-Year-Old Woman Sentenced For Killing Terminally Ill Husband

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A 78-year-old woman admitted to shooting her terminally ill husband in what she described as a mercy killing and was taken into custody to serve nearly one year in jail. With a stoic expression, Ellen Gilland received her sentence on Friday, marking the end of an emotional legal battle. Gilland’s attorney, Matthew Ferry, had hoped for a probation sentence but expressed gratitude that the judge showed compassion, considering she originally faced …

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78-Year-Old Woman Sentenced For Killing Terminally Ill Husband

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Elderly Florida Woman Sentenced After No Contest Plea in Murder-Suicide Pact Death of Terminally Ill Husband

A Florida woman accused of killing her terminally ill husband in a hospital room in 2023 was sentenced Friday to just over a year in prison followed by 12 years probation. Ellen Gilland, 78, pleaded no contest in December to assisting self-murder and manslaughter after a grand jury reduced the charges from first degree murder, WESH reported. Gilland reportedly agreed to a murder-suicide pact with her husband, 77-year-old Jerry Gilland, as his he…

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