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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 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 21, 2019 · Francine Hughes stood outside her Michigan home, watching it burn. Inside was her abusive husband, Mickey. Earlier that night, he had beaten and raped her for the last time.
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.
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 · 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 · Hughes, who had remarried and was now Francine Wilson, died on March 22 in Alabama after a bout with pneumonia. She was 69. After she set fire to her house, killing her ex-husband, a jury of...
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 ex-husband, James...
Mar 31, 2017 · On March 9, 1977, Francine Hughes confessed to police in Ingham County that she had poured gasoline over the body of her sleeping ex-husband, James “Mickey” Hughes, and set him on fire.
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.
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