Man Shoots Wife on Camera, Gets Only Half the Maximum Sentence After Confessing What Happened to All-Woman Jury
A man who was videoed shooting his wife to death was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday. Carey Birmingham, 60, shot his wife, Patricia Birmingham, to death on Dec. 6, 2021, outside their home in Spring, Texas…

A man who was videoed Shooting his wife to death was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday.
Carey Birmingham, 60, shot his wife, Patricia Birmingham, to death on Dec. 6, 2021, outside their home in Spring, Texas. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of $5,000, according to KTRK-TV. The maximium sentence would have been 20 years.
The jury was composed of only women, according to KTRK.
Defense attorney Anthony Osso said the strategy was to plead guilty to the all-woman jury and explain that the killing came amid an argument.
“We never tried to justify the actions of our client, but the defense wasn’t about justification. It was about why he did what he did,” Osso said.
“All right, goodbye. You’re gonna meet Jesus,” Carey Birmingham told his wife, Patricia Birmingham, according to a video posted to X


