Thursday, January 28, 2010

"For what will it profit a Woman if she gains the whole world and forfeits her soul?"


With apologies for the gender change to Matthew 16:26 and/or Mark 8:36.

She received an appropriate sentence in my opinion.


Woman handed life term in contract slaying

A San Antonio woman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for having her estranged husband, an Air Force sergeant, killed to collect nearly $600,000 in insurance and survivor's benefits.

Theresa Ann Tolliver, convicted in a federal trial in October, remained silent as U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez also ordered her to pay a total of $594,273 in restitution to two insurance companies, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration.

Tolliver was in a bitter divorce and custody battle with Tech Sgt. Derrick Tolliver when he was shot twice in the head Nov. 20, 2000, at his Converse home. The couple had two sons together.

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