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Wednesday, April 28, 2004


You shouldn't let a murder conviction get in the way of a mother's relationship with her children. Even if she's the one that murdered their father.
The 28-year-old mother who was found guilty in March of stabbing her husband nearly 200 times is fighting a new court battle, this one over visitation rights with her 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter.

"These children loved their mother before the verdict, and they love their mother after the verdict," said Deborah Patterson, an attorney representing Wright in the custody and adoption proceedings pending in Harris County family court.
This just keeps getting weirder. If the state says you lose your right to be a member of society, I don't think it's a stretch to say you can't be a mom anymore. But that's before I read this part:
In her trial, Wright testified that while she was stabbing her husband, their son, Bradley, knocked on the bedroom door, prompting her to step away from the bloody scene to calm him and take him back to his bedroom.

She later returned to the couple's bedroom and continued stabbing her husband, she said.
"It's OK, son, Mommy's going to be right back as soon as I'm done stabbing your father 193 times."

Throw. Away. The key.



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