On february 18, 2008, her husband, retired nypd. Webupdated 2:46 p. m. | barbara sheehan, a queens woman who killed her husband, a former police sergeant, in a hail of 11 bullets while he was shaving was found. Webbarbara sheehan's battered wife defense had saved her from a conviction for killing her abusive police sergeant husband, but she'll have to surrender and begin. An alternate juror in the case of a queens woman who killed her husband in a hail of 11 bullets while he was shaving said tuesday that she would have voted to acquit. Webbarbara sheehan was cleared of murder when a jury believed her claim that she shot and killed her husband, an nypd sergeant, in self defense. But she is now. Webnew york (pix11) — six years ago, barbara sheehan made a fateful choice: Kill or be killed. After suffering abuse for nearly two decades at the hands of her. Webjustia columnist and cornell law professor sherry colb comments on a recent case in which a queens, new york, woman named barbara sheehan was. Webin the first two weeks of barbara sheehan’s murder trial, the queens jury heard competing narratives: Of a viciously battered wife and a shrewish one.
