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Jurors heard directly from Susan Wright herself. She took the stand to try to prove to them that she was a victim of domestic abuse in her marriage to Jeff and only killed him in a fight to save her life. The defendant went on to Walk the jury through the beginning of her relationship with Jeff. According to her, what began as a charming sequence of a Love attraction slowly evolved into a troubling marriage filled with torment and domestic violence.
Jurors heard directly from Susan Wright herself. She took the stand to try to prove to them that she was a victim of domestic abuse in her marriage to Jeff and only killed him in a fight to save her life. The defendant went on to Walk the jury through the beginning of her relationship with Jeff. According to her, what began as a charming sequence of a Love attraction slowly evolved into a troubling marriage filled with torment and domestic violence.
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S1, EP30 "Mother And Daughter"Susan Wright's mother was drilled under cross-examination. On the stand, she admitted that her daughter lied to friends and family after she killed Jeff, her husband, but told the truth when she confessed to her parents and law enforcement. Sue Wyche claimed her daughter was afraid to divorce her husband. After Wyche wrapped up her testimony to jurors, the defendant took the stand in her own defense.
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S1, EP31 "From A Love Connection To Domestic Abuse"Jurors heard directly from Susan Wright herself. She took the stand to try to prove to them that she was a victim of domestic abuse in her marriage to Jeff and only killed him in a fight to save her life. The defendant went on to Walk the jury through the beginning of her relationship with Jeff. According to her, what began as a charming sequence of a Love attraction slowly evolved into a troubling marriage filled with torment and domestic violence.
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S1, EP32 "Testifying On The Victim's Birthday"On the very day of Jeff Wright's Birthday, his wife took the stand in her own murder trial. In her emotional testimony, Susan told jurors that she was basically trapped in her tormenting marriage. As a stay-at-home mom of two young children she didn't have her own money and was constantly beaten up by Jeff every time he got mad. According to his wife, Jeff was a child abuser, drug addict and a wife beater, who regularly cheated on Susan and vacationed to remote places without her.
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S1, EP33 "I Didn't Want To Die"I didn't want to die. That's how Susan Wright emotionally recalled to the jury the alleged attack by her husband, Jeff. This was just minutes before she countered his knife attack and began stabbing him to death. Susan claimed, He was still alive after she stabbed Jeff numerous times throughout his body. She emotionally recalled to jurors that she was so scared that he was still alive even after she dumped his body in the makeshift grave in the backyard.
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S1, EP29 "Defendant's Mother On The Stand"Susan Wright's attorneys called her mother to the stand to give more insight into the drama of her marriage to Jeff. The Defense wanted to show how much of a victim of domestic abuse the defendant was in the months and weeks before the murder. Sue Wyche testified that at one point Susan moved out of her home with her allegedly abusive husband, Jeff, and then moved in with her parents. The reason - the constant physical, mental, and emotional abuse.
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S1, EP28 "Just Get A Divorce"During their case-in-chief Susan Wright's Defense brought up separate domestic incidents between her and Jeff, her husband. With friends on the witness stand jurors learned of Jeff, The Angry, abusive husband who physically hurt Susan and their young son. Just get a divorce. That's what the prosecution brought up under cross-examination of the defendant's close friend.
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S1, EP27 "A Black Eye"A longtime friend of Jeff and Susan Wright testified for the defense. Susan's legal team wanted to give a different perspective to who exactly Jeff was, which differed from the state's view of him. This friend told the jury the time she saw the defendant with a black eye allegedly endured at the hands of her husband. This went into the numerous domestic issues that occurred during their rocky four-year marriage.
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S1, EP26 "The Social Worker"Susan Wright's defense began their case to jurors with a social worker. After she killed her husband, Jeff, Susan was admitted to a mental health facility where she divulged to the social worker how she was physically and mentally abused in her marriage. These jurors learned more about the mental health evaluation Wright underwent. Her defense wanted to present Wright as innocent housewife and stay-at-home mom of two who was abused and tormented by her husband.
