Molly Martens Corbett and Tom Martens had previously served almost three years of 20 and 25 year sentences respectively, imposed at the original trial in 2017, having been found guilty by a jury of second degree murder and manslaughter. Molly Martens Corbett swears on the Bible as she pleads no contest to voluntary manslaughter during the hearing After nine days of testimony, arguments and graphic crime scene photos, the jury deliberated for just three hours. Why would you lie about something like that when in fact you didn’t even complete a semester at that college?

Martens entered a no-contest plea on a charge of voluntary manslaughter in relation to the death of her husband. Prosecutors in Davidson County are planning to retry Jason Corbett’s wife and her father and now await a second hearing set for the week of 23 May. The tragedy and trauma I have had to deal with growing up destroyed me. Every day I wake up I have the constant feeling of never being enough and punish myself in ways that I know I don’t deserve but I can’t stop myself.Your honour, I hope you can see me here before you, the trauma that I have experienced and will have to live with until the day I die. But you are a constant in everyone’s lives, even those that never knew you but have shared in your journey to justice. The 73-year-old will return to prison, most likely at the Buttner Correctional Institute, a North Carolina prison, for at least another seven months. The 44 months he and Molly Martens previously served in jail – for second-degree murder following an earlier trial in 2017, prior to being released on appeal – will be deducted from the sentence imposed on Wednesday by Judge David Hall. When my Dad came home and saw the broken glass and me trying to clean it up, I told him that I tripped. He finished clearing it up and gave me a hug. That’s just how kind he was. The family mentioned that Jason was concerned about Molly’s spending habits, and all of these issues led to a lot of disagreements in the relationship. A custody dispute for the kids ended with Tracey and her husband David acquiring the children because they were named as the guardians by Jason beforehand. About five months after Jason’s death, Molly and Tom were charged with Jason’s murder.

At a special setting of the Davidson County Superior Court earlier today, Judge David Hall accepted the plea agreements entered into by Molly Martens Corbett and Tom Martens. The two accused have maintained they acted in self-defence in hitting Mr Corbett and that they feared for their lives. Connor Martens: I did not think it was possible that both of them would be convicted of second-degree murder.Lynn Shanahan | Jason's longtime friend: I think Jason became surplus to her requirements. She didn't need him anymore. She just wanted the children. Mike Earnest | Molly's uncle: She looked very happy … and she looked like she was very happy to be getting married. Prosecutor Alan Martin: It's been pounced upon as to say: aha, these people got together and started deliberating before they were supposed to. … What I hear is: we're a group of people who were sitting together seeing all these events transpire in the courtroom together. … Without talking about it, we can read each other's body language while we're in the courtroom .

DISPATCHER: Alright, listen carefully. I'll tell you how to do chest compressions. I'll set a pace for you. … One, two, three, four. Tracey Lynch: I just couldn't process it. It was — you know, he was my best friend. … We were just two of the closest people in the world to each other outside my husband and children.

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He told the court that Martens Corbett had "confided to multiple witnesses that she believed Jason had killed his first wife, and that a similar fate would befall her". Everyone I speak to about my life always says: "Oh it must be so hard to lose a parent at such a young age."