Moorcroft woman gets 20 years for killing husband

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Nov 19, 2009 at 4:42 PM MST

Story Updated: Nov 19, 2009 at 4:42 PM MST

SUNDANCE, WYOMING - A 50-year-old Moorcroft woman has been sentenced to serve 16-to-20 years in prison for stabbing her husband to death.

Sandie Akers pleaded no contest in August to voluntary manslaughter. In July 2008, Michael Akers was found dead near the front seat of the couple's motor home in Moorcroft. An autopsy showed he was stabbed six times in his chest, side and back and had several cuts on his neck. Akers contended she killed her husband in self-defense.

Akers had been charged with first-degree murder, but prosecutors accepted the involuntary manslaughter plea.

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