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As life imitates art, author of 'How to Murder Your Husband', Nancy Crampton Brophy began serving a life sentence this week for murdering her own husband.
Crampton Brophy was convicted of the murder last month. The case attracted much attention for an essay Crampton Brophy had written years before the crime, titled 'How To Murder Your Husband'. A jury of 12 found her guilty of second-degree murder after deliberating for less than two days.
'How To Murder Your Husband' writer sentenced for actually murdering her husband
The writer was convicted in May of second-degree murder for her husband's death.
A US writer who penned a tract titled How to Murder Your Husband was on Monday sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting her spouse. Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, would be eligible to apply for parole in 25 years, a judge in Oregon told her. Crampton Brophy’s murder trial heard how the author had used a gun barrel bought on eBay to kill her husband in the hope of collecting hundreds of thousands of US dollars in life insurance. The weapon — which she claimed was acquired as research for a new novel — has never been found. Chef Daniel Brophy was in