And no one noticed that the trajectory of the bullet was at a downward angle? And no one noticed that Millie had no powder residue on her hands? Or that Lucy did? The police must have seriously bungled the investigation, almost as badly as Millie and Steve's attorney's bungled the defense.
Seriously, what exactly was the prosecution's theory of the crime? Millie shot Sam, then fainted, then Steve ran off? And Steve is getting the death penalty why? For that matter, what is Steve even being charged with, if Millie supposedly shot Sam with her own gun? And what state exactly gave this woman the death penalty for shooting her drunken, abusive, enraged husband as she was trying to leave him? It's pretty hard for a woman to get the death penalty in this country; only 44 women were executed in the United States during the entire twentieth century.