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- LETTERS, Page 6Nagging Conclusion
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- American women, take note: fed-up husbands can get away
- with murder. You describe Harry Garfinkle, the Philadelphia
- retiree (NATION, June 19) whose in valid wife nagged him to
- death -- her death, that is. The wife is dead, the killer
- husband unpunished. Apparently, when a wife angers her husband,
- she provides him with the legal justification for murdering her.
- Why do our courts sanction the right of a man to kill when
- annoyed while they deny the supposedly inalienable right of a
- woman to live?
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- Christine Brueckner McVay Minneapolis
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- As court counselor for family violence, how many times have
- I heard that her nagging was reason enough for his violence? A
- nursing home can provide the solution for family members unable
- to handle an ailing relative. In the Garfinkle case, how could
- the judge encourage him not to "torture" himself? Remorse for
- murder seems appropriate.
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- Sharon Kesten New London, Conn.
-