A Deming man who fatally shot his ex-wife several times Sunday morning, then killed himself, was on probation for five years for threatening her life and a child. On May 27, the court accepted a plea agreement in which he received consecutive terms of three years each for aggravated battery on a household member and child abuse.

The sentence was suspended, and he was put on probation.

To save the court a penny, it cost a woman her life. That's what's wrong with this picture. May Leonore "Leo" Holguin ... rest in peace.

Virginia Kennon, Deming, N.M.