Jane Hurshman | |
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Born | Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia | January 25, 1949
Died | February 22, 1992 Halifax, Nova Scotia | (aged 43)
Body discovered | Halifax waterfront |
Nationality | Canadian |
Other names | Jane Stafford, Jane Whynot |
Alma mater | Lunenburg Regional Vocational School |
Occupation(s) | nursing assistant, women's advocate |
Known for | killing her husband and being acquitted |
Jane Hurshman Corkum (January 25, 1949 – February 22, 1992) was a Canadian woman best known for having killed her abusive husband Lamont William "Billy" Stafford in 1982,[1] and for being acquitted of his murder.[2]
The Crown appealed, concerned with the legal precedent, and Corkum pleaded guilty to manslaughter, receiving a six-month sentence. She was released after two months.[3]
On February 23, 1992, her body was found in a car on the Halifax waterfront, dead from a single gunshot wound.[2][4]