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"There is no other way to describe it. He butchered her. He killed her in cold blood while she begged for her life."

So why did Julio Marin-Garcia get the minimum sentence for murdering his wife? Because he says he doesn't remember doing it?

Dane County Circuit Judge John Markson [said] that it is possible that he will pose no danger to society if he leaves prison in 20 years.

"The greatest punishment is not what I do but having this on your conscience," Markson said.

How much, exactly, do such things weigh on the mind of a man who says, "I am sincere when I tell you that I don't remember what happened at that moment"?

Full post as published by Althouse on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).