The Gambrel case hardly proves that sentencing is fair and uniform though. While Gambrel serves a life sentence, another woman in Metro with a very similar story received the death penalty.
Kelly Gissendaner, 36, is the only woman on death row in Georgia. The mother of three is held behind heavy metal gates, in solitary confinement at the end of a long corridor in Metro.
In 1997, she was a prison guard when her husband disappeared. She was later accused of conspiring with her lover to kidnap and murder her husband. Authorities say her motive was possession of the house and $20,000 in insurance money.
"The defendant in this case is a desperate, evil woman," the prosecution said. "That's what evil looks like."
Her defense attorney tried to persuade the jury that her lover acted alone because he was "obssessed" with her.
Her lover got a life sentence with the possibility of parole in exchange for testifying against her. Gissendaner's case is currently on appeal.
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