00:00A person convicted of those things is simply too dangerous to ever be free.
00:08Accordingly, Ms. Richens, based on your conviction on count one,
00:12first-degree felony aggravated murder, the court hereby sentences you to life without parole.
00:20Corey's selfishness and cruelty did not end with Eric's murder.
00:24In the time after Eric's death, Corey has done nothing but isolate, manipulate, deceive, and do harm to those boys.
00:34Almost immediately after Eric died, she cut them off completely from Eric's family.
00:41The isolation was calculated and strategic.
00:44Corey used the boys' bargaining chips with my dad.
00:47She repeatedly threatened not to let him see his grandsons,
00:50unless he could convince me, as Eric's trustee, of his trust to capitulate to her legal demands
00:59and give her all the trust assets.
01:02While isolating the boys, Corey provided them with false and harmful information about me and my family.
01:08When DCFS took custody of the boys following Corey's arrest and asked where they would like to go,
01:14they expressed fear of my family.
01:15The fear was not based on reality, but on what they had been told.
01:20Please do not let my brother's life be worth nothing more than a 25-year punishment.
01:26Please do not leave those boys to wonder whether Corey might track them or their children down in the future.
01:35Please do not create a possibility for Corey to endanger Eric's boys, my daughters, my family,
01:42or anyone else ever again.
01:45Please sentence Corey to a life in prison without the possibility of parole.
01:50My sweet baby boys,
01:53I know that today you don't want to speak to me, have a relationship with me,
01:58but you may think you hate me, and that's okay.
02:01I will never be angry at you for your feelings.
02:04When the day comes that you're ready, I will be here for you,
02:08waiting for you and loving you.
02:10I can beat myself up all day about how I could have been a better person,
02:16or made better personal choices,
02:18and I can understand and accept you boys being upset about those things.
02:25But murder?
02:26No.
02:27Absolutely not.
02:29I will not accept that.
02:31And I will not be blamed for something I did not do.
02:35I will appeal and fight these charges, no matter how long it takes.
02:40A person convicted of those things is simply too dangerous to ever be free.
02:48Accordingly, Ms. Richens, based on your conviction on count one,
02:52first-degree felony aggravated murder,
02:55the court hereby sentences you to life without parole.
02:59Call me after parole.
03:00The court
03:00soft-girls
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