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Francine Moran Hughes (later Wilson; August 17, 1947 – March 22, 2017) was an American woman who, after thirteen years of domestic abuse, set fire to the bed in which her live-in ex-husband Mickey Hughes was sleeping, on March 9, 1977, in Dansville, Michigan. Mickey was killed and the house destroyed in the resulting fire.
Mar 21, 2019 · By 1977, the same year that Francine Hughes killed her husband, the FBI had reported that spousal abuse was the United States’ most underreported crime.
Jul 9, 2020 · When Francine Hughes murdered her husband after enduring years of abuse, a debate about domestic violence was ignited, making her story both a high point and an aberration in how such cases...
Mar 31, 2017 · Ms. Hughes was charged with first-degree murder. In November, a jury of 10 women and two men took five hours to pronounce Ms. Hughes not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. The case,...
Mar 30, 2017 · Francine Hughes Wilson, who inspired 'The Burning Bed,' dies at 69. For more than 12 years, Francine Hughes endured physical abuse at the hands of her husband James "Mickey" Hughes. It was...
Jul 9, 2020 · A new documentary looks at the landmark case of Francine Hughes and examines the inequalities in the criminal-justice system’s treatment of women who kill in self-defense.
Jul 9, 2020 · When Francine Hughes killed her abusive ex-husband by setting his bed on fire, the case made headlines in the 1970s and caused a national outcry.
Mar 31, 2017 · Francine Hughes, the Dansville woman who killed her abusive ex-husband 40 years ago in what came to be known as the “Burning Bed” case, has passed away.
Apr 3, 2017 · That’s how Barbara Niess-May, executive director of SafeHouse Center in Ann Arbor, described the case of Francine Hughes of Dansville, Michigan. On March 9, 1977, Hughes ended 13 years of abuse from her husband James. She waited until he was asleep, poured gasoline around his bed and set it on fire. He died as a result.
Oct 27, 2014 · "The Burning Bed" told the story of Francine Hughes, a local woman who, seven years earlier, had been acquitted of murder after she poured gasoline around her sleeping...
