Niagara Falls Woman Who Killed Man Over $100 Fights to Cut Prison Time

A woman currently serving a 15-year sentence for a deadly stabbing is now asking the court to reduce her punishment citing a history of abuse and invoking a New York law designed for survivors of domestic violence.

Ashley Marie Berger, now 42, has spent the last decade behind bars after pleading guilty in 2014 to first-degree manslaughter in the killing of 22-year-old Richard Christian.

The incident took place at a Main Street motel in Niagara Falls where Christian was found fatally wounded outside a room in the early morning hours of April 27th, 2014…

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