Wright had spent more than 16 years behind bars for killing her year-old husband, Jeff Wright. She asked the news crew to leave her family in peace. Wright was convicted in and sentenced to 25 years in prison. A judge ruled in , however, that her trial attorneys rendered ineffective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase of her trial, and he subsequently ordered a new sentencing hearing. The court shaved five years off her prison term following her resentencing hearing. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles told ABC 13 that Wright, who was granted parole in July, will remain on intense supervision until , when her sentence comes to an end.
She is required to wear a GPS ankle monitor, must get anger management counseling and is barred from leaving the state. Harris County authorities said Susan Wright, then 26, had used neckties and bathrobe sashes to tie her husband to their bed the night of Jan. See footage from the courtroom below, courtesy of KHOU. Siegler was a prosecutor in the murder trial of Susan Wright of Houston. Susan Wright testified at trial that she confronted her husband, who had just returned from a boxing lesson, about getting help for his drug problem.
Wright said she and her husband struggled for the knife and, when she got it away from him, she stabbed him several times. Despite having already stabbed her husband multiple times in the neck, she feared he had found the first knife and was waiting for her, she testified.
She resumed stabbing him. According to court documents, Jeff Wright suffered 41 stab wounds to his face, 23 wounds to his neck and 46 cuts to his chest. In addition, he had 22 wounds to his abdomen, 19 to his legs, 23 to his arms and one to his back. One of the knives broke during the frenzy. The neckties and robe sashes were used not to tie him to the bed but to secure his body to the dolly, the defense argued.
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Aaron Barker , Senior Digital Editor. Brittany Taylor , Digital News Editor. HOUSTON — Susan Wright, who captured headlines around the globe in when the housewife and mom went on trial for murder, was released from prison Wednesday morning. Wright was convicted in of stabbing her husband, Jeff, times and burying him behind the carport of their northwest Harris County home in January According to a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Wright was officially released from custody at a.
She arrived at a home in Harris County early Wednesday afternoon and had little to say to the media that was outside the home. Have a heart, please.
She is also prohibited from leaving the state.
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