She may have been abused, but why didn't she just leave with her child? I know it's easier said than done, especially if you don't have funds and a car of your own to make it. I don't know the whole situation, but this wasn't the answer. Crazy world we live in. I just don't know.
I'm actually deeply disturbed that people are saying a man deserves to be drugged, bound, and mutilated. I mean let's 63 this and see how it sounds: a man drugs, binds, and growing mutilates the vagina of his ex-wife. He says it's justified because she was abusive to him and their child. Is that okay?
If you say no - then CONGRATULATIONS. This is what people mean when they say there is a double-standard regarding gender in America. If it is wrong for a man to capture and perform premeditated torture and disfigurement on a woman, it is at least as bad to do the same to a man. And honestly I hope the fact she got a life sentence will get folks to actually examine their stance with regards to the nonchalance of violence towards men especially when committed by a woman.