Allison Ashburn is the murderer of her runaway repeat offender son Danny Ashburn.
History[]
Allison sired Danny with serial rapist and murderer Walter Flint. She married John Ashburn and had two children with him, but he couldn't stand Danny's increasing instability. John forced Allison to kick him out of the house, Allison still giving Danny money to keep stable enough while on the streets. Danny escalated to violence, including beating his pregnant girlfriend Tina Keith and shooting and killing a store owner he robbed. When Allison and john found out about Tina having a boy, John was horrified and demanded they get Danny out of their lives for good, threatening divorce and taking their children. Allison confronted Danny at an empty warehouse where squatters resided, shooting him in his heart and spine before wrapping him in a sleeping bag.
As the gun was stolen from John's place of former employment, he was arrested first, until Allison confessed to the shooting. She argued the world would be safer without Danny, no matter how much it hurt her to kill him, but John's threats were found out. In spite of the jury being more sympathetic originally due to Danny's criminal history, Allison was found guilty of murder and imprisoned. The prosecution lamented Tina's son could be like his family line too. (L&O: "Choice of Evils")