7 Investigates: Her ex died during an argument — and she was charged with manslaughter

One word is all Penelope McGee believes it took to change her life. That word? Homicide.

Five years ago ‘homicide’ was written on her ex-husband’s death certificate. McGee said it unraveled everything.

“I’d be telling a different story,” McGee said.

Today, McGee is free but earlier this year, she was in a Norfolk County courtroom facing up to 20 years in prison.

“While I feel very pleased that I am exonerated…I just don’t want this to happen to somebody else again,” McGee said.

In February, Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone found McGee not guilty of involuntary manslaughter involving the death of her ex-husband, Andrew Savitz. While the bench trial cleared her, McGee remains concerned about the factors and systems that landed her in that position in the first place.

“I can