Virginia Bola
Virginia Bola is a licensed clinical psychologist with deep interests in Social Psychology and politics. She has performed therapeutic services for more than 20 years and has studied the effects of cultural forces and employment on the individual. The author of an interactive workbook, The Wolf at the Door: An Unemployment Survival Manual, and a monthly ezine, The Worker's Edge, she can be reached at http://drvirginiabola.blogspot.com
Articles by this Author
Stand By Your Man: No Matter What?
- By Virginia Bola
- Published November 9, 2006
- Domestic Violence
- Unrated
We all heard the report of a prisoner escaping after his wife shot and killed the correctional officer transferring him to another jail.
What would motivate a woman to kill someone and let her actions render her vulnerable to the death penalty - for a few hours with "her man?" Was he so incredibly special that death was preferable to living without him for a few years?

