While behind bars, Betty has given several interviews—including two televised sit-downs with Oprah in —and penned an autobiography, Telling on Myself , that was published in I feel like I can make it. According to her memoir, Betty is still in touch with her children and grandchildren. She lives in Hailey, Idaho, with her family, as does her sister Kathy Lee.
Kim was called to testify at her mother's trial—she was 21 at the time. Kathy Lee also testified and was allegedly the first person Betty called after shooting Dan and Linda.
It was also reported that she was written out of her father's will. The couple got married in a lavish person celebration that was featured on Inside Weddings.
Youngest sibling Rhett, who was just 10 when his father was murdered, spent the subsequent years with various relatives and at camps for troubled teens. Now I am only a political prisoner. They have no reason to deny my parole. When Betty was up for parole in , they testified at the hearing. At the time, the siblings were split on whether she should be allowed to walk free. Kathy Lee told the parole board at the time that "she should be able to live her later life outside prison walls.
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Public Safety. Several people injured when stolen SUV crashes in Escondido. CDC shifts pandemic goals away from reaching herd immunity. They denied parole for the longest term possible: 15 years. She could request another hearing sooner than that if she meets certain criteria. Broderick, 69, is being held at the California Institution for Women in Corona where she is serving out a sentence of 32 years to life.
This was the second time the former socialite had been granted a parole hearing since she was convicted in for the murders of her ex-husband Daniel Thomas Broderick III, 44, and his wife, Linda Kolkena Broderick, Daniel Broderick was a well-known medical malpractice lawyer.
His wife, Linda, had been his office assistant before they married. Roughly 18 people made statements to the panel, which took about two hours. Betty Broderick was represented by an appointed attorney, who declined to comment after the hearing. Broderick was tried twice for the slayings. The first time ended in a mistrial in , when 10 jurors voted to convict her of murder and two voted to convict her of the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Many people reported they had heard Broderick say she wanted to kill her ex-husband and his new wife. Betty is still alive, aged 72 years old and still imprisoned at the California Institution for Women in Chino.
Although the sentencing is almost up, she is expected to spend the rest of her life behind bars. In January California's parole board, consisting of only two members, both voted against releasing her from prison. She is now up for parole again in when she will be 84 years old. She has no remorse and zero insight into the killings She just basically said they drove me to do this. This was a case of domestic abuse : a pattern of coercive control that lasted throughout our marriage until the day I killed them.
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