Jags,
Thankfully guns aren't the problem there as they are here. Otherwise those thugs would have them. I guess that guns are such a problem here that not a lot of thought goes into pocket knives. (Although, in the skyjackings on 9-11 plastic knives were used.)
By the way, someone who stabs a loved one (supposedly) 60 times usually has a lot of pent up frustration with them. Here that is commonly used as mitigating circumstance that allows them a reduced sentence. Is the life sentence she received truly for life? Just curious.
Tom