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Woman Who Murdered Boyfriend Gets Just 4-Year Prison Sentence, Credited With Time Served

Ashe Schow
Woman Who Murdered Boyfriend Gets Just 4-Year Prison Sentence, Credited With Time Served
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It’s no secret that the gap between men and women’s prison sentences is larger than the gap between blacks and whites, but it is still surprising when the difference is on full display.

Billie Jo Soyster, 23, stabbed her boyfriend, 38-year-old David Murray, to death with a shard of glass after he allegedly called her names while the two were arguing, the Herald & Review reported. Soyster claimed Murray attacked her and that she stabbed him once in the chest with the shard of glass after he called her names.

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