RON Harris, noble woman school principals in prison spent 12 years, in 1980 killed her lover for a long time, "Lucas, modal diet" doctor Herman tower well Mr E, rebound feminist and inspiration of the television and movie, dead. She is 89 years old.
Harris died on Sunday in assisted living facilities, in new black text, her son James Harris said on Friday.
She claims to shooting tower well Mr E, 69 years old, it was an accident. With murder in 1981, Harris had two heart attacks, and in Bedford mountain women's prison in northern New York city took her a. By the governor, she got leniency. Mario como, she received a heart bypass surgery, in December 1992, was granted bail out of jail three weeks later.
Then she founded the children Bedford company, a non-profit organization provides scholarships and counseling children of women in the jail, the prisoner.
She was shooting tower well Mr E test, the millionaire's heart specialist, the famous design, kass dyer diet - diet book and the 1970 s named upstate New York, where he practice feeling - brought feminist unity to her defense.
They imagine her as a woman's victims a male-dominated society, drift, because she is getting older and older, her 14-year-old lover brush her for his young office assistant. In addition, they say, she antidepressants tower well Mr E provisions for her slave.
Under the condition of two TV movie inspiration, "people to let Harris," broadcast time is not long, she was convicted in 1981, and "ladies Harris," it can run on HBO in 2006.
Harris has always kept her to armed tower well Mr Wei and the urban real estate purchase, especially county March 10, 1980, in the face of him in his chase likes and commit suicide, but has no intention of shot him four times in a gun fight. Her parole hearing admitted that she is "sure guilty thing. I can cause death."
A judge her murder, she was sentenced to 15 years to life.
Her lawyer had failed on all or none of the strategy, avoid the "extreme emotional disturbance" the defense and didn't want to let the jury to consider, such as intentional homicide charges is lighter.
Jurors said, after that, Harris, cause they condemned her own testimony. They say they tried to reorganize, and didn't find her account gun fight is credible.
Defense that envy is a factor. But in questioning period, the letter of introduction before shooting, Harris mentioned her opponent as "ignorant slut" and "malignant, and whoremongers psychosis.
"In fact, RON Harris is too much a woman admitted that she is jealous of office girl," deceased writer XiaNa Alexander wrote in her book, quite a number of lady. "" she would rather go to jail and not admit it. She did it. "
As a prisoner, Harris criticism authority, chafing dish she can see that follow one's inclinations, results backfire rules. In books and articles, she wrote, in an interview, she advocated reform, both for their own benefit and the other is for women.
The hotel is located in prison honor wing, she taught a mother's love skill quasi prisoners and in Bedford children's center work.
Let Streuven April 1923 and was born, she grew up in Cleveland, on the outskirts of XiaKeHai, private schools, graduate with excellent results, Smith college, married businessman James Harris.
The couple live in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, had two sons. Harris also got her first job, to teach a grade.
She and James Harris divorced in 1966. A few months later, slender, blond hair and blue eyes divorced and meet the tower well Mr E, 12 years her senior, in a party in New York on park avenue. They talked about the relationship between the early get married, but never succeed, Harris is still his lover.
In 1977, she left in New York a sales management work, be the headmaster's Madeira school girl in Washington suburb of Virginia McLean, she also got capital social register listed in the position.
Weekends and holidays are used in social situations and tower well Mr E, travel or his arm. She also got a lift, in his best-selling diet books, "complete, kass dyer medicinal food," help study to make sure.
But tower grace of Mr Urban flirt with other women, young drive Harris helpless under, according to her, she decided to account from Virginia drove to his house, in front of his suicide.
She is in her trial testimony: "at the stern's task, I always think I am a woman, a beautiful clothes, go to dinner, doctor tower well Mr E. In Washington, I am a woman in a beautiful dress and the headmaster, I'm not sure who I am, and it seems to be not important."
Expensive dress Harris meet snobbery, pride, envy the young woman, who replaced her main purpose tower well Mr E attention.
In the trial, the hypothesis, Harris to testify the fate of the decision of the last meeting tower well Mr E bedroom. Then she said, she is not take position, her lawyer told her "quiet".
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