Valerie Bacot (center) admitted to shooting her husband Daniel Polette dead in self-defense in 2016. She faces a life sentence for murder.​
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Valerie Bacot (center) admitted to shooting her husband Daniel Polette dead in self-defense in 2016. She faces a life sentence for murder.​
Mandatory Credit: JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images

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Woman who killed her abusive husband goes on trial for murder in France

The murder trial of a woman who killed her abusive husband got underway in the French city of Burgundy on Monday.​