Utah Woman Receives Life Sentence in Husband’s Fentanyl-Linked Murder
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A Utah judge sentenced Kouri Richins to life in prison after she was convicted of aggravated murder and related charges in her husband Eric Richins’ 2022 fentanyl-overdose death. Prosecutors alleged motive and opportunity tied to an affair and financial chaos; Richins’s defense plans to appeal. Richins addressed her young sons in court, while family and friends urged the maximum sentence, which the judge described as necessary because she posed a danger to the public.
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