{"id":9470,"date":"2026-05-13T20:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9470"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:25:54","slug":"kouri-richins-gets-life-in-prison-without-parole-for-murdering-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9470","title":{"rendered":"Kouri Richins gets life in prison without parole for murdering husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Utah mom Kouri Richins \u2014 who killed her husband and then wrote a book about processing grief for their sons \u2014 was sentenced to life behind bars Wednesday after making a defiant, saccharine speech to the judge about how she had been persecuted.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Richard Mrazik threw the book at the 35-year-old mother after it was revealed her three young sons said they were terrified of her and wouldn\u2019t feel safe unless she remained imprisoned for life.<\/p>\n<p>Before the sentence, Richins gave a 30-minute address that was aimed mainly at her boys \u2014 who are now being cared for by the sister of Eric Richins, the man she was convicted of killing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kouri Richins was sentenced Wednesday after she was convicted of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric. <span class=\"credit\">East Idaho News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Richins was convicted by a jury in March of aggravated murder and related crimes for the March 4, 2022, killing of husband Eric Richins, 39. His 44th birthday would have been Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>During a day-long sentencing hearing, Kouri appeared in court wearing a neon green jail T-shirt and a long-sleeve gray shirt and pulled faces while Eric\u2019s family begged a judge to never let her be free again.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kouri appeared incredulous with her expressions ranging from outrage to astonishment, including when Eric\u2019s sister, Katie Richins-Benson, claimed Eric didn\u2019t divorce her because he didn\u2019t want to risk her sons being alone with her half the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe believed Kouri was the most evil person he had ever met,\u201d Richins-Benson told the judge. \u201cHe knew her sons did not like her and preferred to be far away from her. He said he could never allow his children to spend half of their time alone with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three social workers also read statements from her sons about how she took their dad away, mistreated them and neglected their pets. Richins spoke to her lawyers as the statements were read and appeared skeptical.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Richins appeared outraged during statements by Eric\u2019s sister, Katie Richins-Benson, about how Eric\u2019s murder destroyed their family. <span class=\"credit\">East Idaho News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"SENTENCING: UT v. Kouri Richins | Grief Author Murder Trial\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mT-pKSjf2uw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Later, Richins teared up and dabbed her eyes and nose with a tissue as her lawyers read statements from her mother, sister and aunt pleading for mercy and saying how devoted she was to her kids and what a good person she is. The family said she became a certified paralegal and got a master\u2019s degree in business all while she was behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>She later sobbed as her brother, Ronnie Deardan, proclaimed her innocence and said he missed her.<\/p>\n<p>Kouri\u2019s defense attorney, Wendy Lewis, said Kouri should be sentenced to 25 years to life, saying a sentence that doesn\u2019t allow for parole is saved for the worst of the worst. And she said Kouri maintains her innocence to this day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA sentence of life without parole is saved for the most heinous crimes,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cThis simply is not the type of crime that we see get life without parole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jurors heard evidence that Kouri \u2014 a failed home flipper \u2014 carried out the killing, believing she would inherit Eric\u2019s $4 million estate to help her wipe out her millions in business debt and run away with her handyman lover.<\/p>\n<p>She first tried to murder Eric two weeks earlier by dosing his sandwich with fentanyl.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Richins shared three sons with Eric, with whom she killed in 2022. <span class=\"credit\">Kouri Richins\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kouri finally succeeded in her evil plan when she laced Eric\u2019s Moscow Mule with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl, killing him in their Kamas home while their sons slept, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>She wasn\u2019t arrested until a year later, and after she wrote a children\u2019s grief book entitled \u201cAre You With Me?\u201d promoting it on local TV and radio stations, prosecutors claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Kouri\u2019s sons \u2014 now ages 9, 12 and 13 \u2014 advocated for their mom to spend the rest of her life behind bars, explaining they feared she would harm them and their loved ones if she were freed, the boys were quoted as saying in a court filing by prosecutors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Richins\u2019 three sons have said they don\u2019t want her to be freed because they fear what she would do. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Kouri Richins<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m afraid if she gets out, she will come after me and my brothers, my whole family,\u201d her eldest son allegedly said. \u201cI think she would come and take us and not do good things to us, like hurt us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kouri\u2019s lawyer, Wendy Lewis, called the prosecutor\u2019s sentencing letter a \u201ccharacter assassination\u201d of their client.<\/p>\n<p>Kouri faces a second trial for alleged financial crimes tied to Eric\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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