Wife’s murder conviction upheld
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld the murder conviction against a Gwinnett County woman who killed her husband after lacing his supper with sleeping pills.
Ashley Suzanne Schutt was found guilty of the July 25, 2009, murder by a jury that rejected her assertions she killed her husband, Greg Schutt, in self defense. Prosecutors said after Schutt fell asleep in the master bedroom, his wife struck him repeatedly with a hammer and stabbed him more than three dozen times.
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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.
