Woman who shot husband acquitted

PALMER — A jury acquitted an Alaska woman who shot her husband six times as he slept, killing him, after she said the man held her against her will and tortured her for three days.

A Palmer jury found Lisa Donlon not guilty on all counts after several days of deliberations following a four-week trial. Donlon was charged with second- degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.

She shot her husband, Jason Donlon, once in the head and five times in the back with a .45- caliber handgun while he slept Oct. 7, 2010. The defense argued Jason Donlon had been torturing his wife for three days.

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