Grief author Kouri Richins who 'murdered her husband' shares ridiculous new qualifications as she demands jail release

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A Utah mother-of-three who stands accused of murdering her hubby and past penning a children's book astir condolences has shared ridiculous caller qualifications arsenic she petitions a judge to beryllium fto retired connected bail up of her trial.

Kouri Richins, 34, has been successful authorities custody since May 2023, erstwhile she was charged pinch nan execution of her husband, Eric Richins.

She has been a exemplary inmate ever since, her attorneys reason successful an entreaty for her to beryllium released connected bail Tuesday, pointing to respective certificates she has received for nan completion of jail-run programs, ABC 4 reports.

Among those programs are 'Raising Relational Kids successful a Screen-Driven World,' a six-month people connected American history and nan Constitution, and creation and botany programs.

Richins has besides been accepted into California Coat University's Online Masters of Business Administration programme and enrolled successful paralegal studies, her attorneys based on successful tribunal documents, according to Townlift.

Kouri Richins, 34, is pleading pinch a judge to beryllium released connected bail up of her May 2025 trial

They besides based on that Richins has been held down bars for acold excessively long.

She was arrested connected May 8, 2023 aft she called 911 to study that she recovered Eric 'cold to nan touch' astatine nan ft of their bed.

Medical examiners later discovered that he had 5 times nan lethal dose of fentanyl successful his system, and Summit County Chief Prosecutor, Patricia Cassell, has alleged that Kouri slipped nan obscene magnitude of narcotics into Eric's Moscow Mule cocktail that night, moreover though nan wife's family said his decease was accidental. 

Prosecutors person argued  that nan couple fought complete financial issues successful respect to their 10-acre $2million home.

They said Eric recovered retired that his woman had taken retired a $250,000 location equity statement of in installments and spent it, withdrawn $100,000 from his slope accounts, and spent much than $30,000 connected his in installments cards.

Kouri besides stole astir $134,000 from her husband's business meant for taxation payments, nan documents stated. 

Prosecutors besides allege that Kouri purchased 4 different life security policies, which totaled much than $1.9million betwixt 2015 and 2017. 

Yet, nan mates still signed an statement that would assistance her nan waste of nan location anterior to Eric's death.  

Then, conscionable 1 time aft his death, affidavits for hunt warrants showed that Kouri signed nan closing papers connected nan couple's $2million spot and invited friends for a statement wherever she was drinking and celebrating.

Richins is accused of drugging her husband, Eric (right), pinch a lethal magnitude of fentanyl successful his Moscow Mule cocktail

Court documents further claimed that Kouri first attempted to termination her hubby with a lethal dose of fentanyl conscionable a period earlier she allegedly served him nan spiked cocktail. 

Prosecutors person alleged that a sandwich that she sewage for him connected Valentine's Day was near pinch a statement successful nan beforehand spot of his truck.

Following his death, Kouri besides benefitted financially aft she wrote a children's book astir grief.

She said successful an question and reply that she was motivated to constitute nan book aft searching Amazon and Barnes and Noble and uncovering 'nothing' to thief her sons 'cope' and dedicated nan book to Eric. 

Kouri promoted it connected tv and radio, describing nan book arsenic a measurement to thief children grieve nan nonaccomplishment of a loved one.

She later penned a children's book astir grief, claiming she was trying to thief her sons 'cope' pinch nan nonaccomplishment of their father

After her first bail proceeding successful June 2023, Judge Richard Mrazik ruled that Richins would not beryllium released connected bail, claiming she was a formation consequence and a threat to nan organization owed to nan imaginable severity of nan charges against her and nan anticipation of nan decease penalty.

At nan time, Richins' attorneys argue, it appeared arsenic though she would look a proceedings connected execution charges and financial crimes wrong a matter of months.

But pursuing respective delays, including a alteration of defense attorneys, nan criminal proceedings has been pushed backmost to May 2025.

The authorities has besides since declared that it would not beryllium seeking nan decease punishment successful nan case.

'At nan clip of nan original detention proceeding successful June of 2023, it was believed that preliminary proceeding and proceedings were imminent,' nan defense attorneys wrote successful their appeal.

'Based connected nan newly-scheduled proceedings date, if Mrs. Richins is not released, she will person served 2 years successful jailhouse astatine nan clip of her trial, each while presumed to beryllium innocent.'

They noted that since being detained, Richins 'has appeared many times earlier this Court without restraints and has acted astatine each times respectfully and courteously,' according to Fox 13.

'The Court tin now return that shape of affirmative behaviour into information successful determining whether conditions tin beryllium group that insure nan information of nan community.'

The lawyers concluded by saying that if she were released connected bail, Richins would unrecorded pinch her relative and sister-in-law successful Salt Lake County, which they based on would region immoderate consequence of inadvertent interactions pinch imaginable witnesses successful nan lawsuit and let her to person supervised visits pinch her 3 sons, from whom she has go estranged.

She has only had 1 telephone telephone pinch her children that lasted 2 seconds - and that required a tribunal order, her attorneys claimed successful tribunal documents, per KPCW. 

'She will beryllium capable to proceed to activity connected her higher acquisition grade and will beryllium highly motivated to comply pinch each conditions group by nan Court truthful that she tin behaviour supervised visitation pinch her sons,' nan entreaty read.

'Mrs. Richins' family is prepared to supply essentials specified arsenic food, clothing and acquisition resources, and they are committed to making judge that she appears astatine each tribunal proceedings arsenic required.'

Judge Mrazik will now see whether to assistance Richins bail and perceive immoderate arguments opposed to nan mobility connected Monday.

A 2nd proceeding to see immoderate further motions has besides been group for November 12. 

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