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Elisabeth Anne Betty Broderick (born November 7 1947) is an American former suburban housewife convicted of the November 5 1989 murders of her ex-husband Daniel T. Broderick III and his second wife Linda (Kolkena) Broderick. After a second trial she was convicted on December 11 1991 of two counts of second-degree murder and later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison. The case received extensive media attention and was extremely controversial.