Clara Harris convicted of murder

The Dallas Morning News ^ | February 13, 2003 | By DAVID McLEMORE / The Dallas Morning News

[MeekOneGOP]

I bet she is really crying now...

AP 2-7-2003
Defendant Clara Harris reacts as she
testifies about her husband's affair.

[MeekOneGOP]

Here is the regular front page thread...

Now for the sentencing...

Court was to reconvene later Thursday morning for the sentencing phase.

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Clara Harris murder trial ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[MeekOneGOP]

Clara Harris:
Squirrel of the Month

[NYC Republican]

Thank God justice prevailed... So far. Here's hoping she gets life... Granted, he was a real jerk, but he surely didn't deserve death. Being taken to the cleaners in a divorce settlement, yes, but certainly not death.

[AZLiberty]

My wife thought the "fat defense" should have prevailed. In her view, if a husband justifies his philandering by telling his wife she's fat, then he deserves death.

[kinghorse]

For all the married men out there may I offer a collective

WHEW!

PS: I don't know why hubby had issues if she was being convivial 3 times a days. I mean really. And she's pretty good looking (to me).

/snicker - nice try defense lawyer

[The Lake City Gar]

Clara Harris convicted of murder

Well DUH!

The only problem with my comment is that before the verdict, we were all wondering if she really would be convicted of murder.

[The Lake City Gar]

Well OK thanks for the "WHEW" but....

Lorana Bobbitt is still walking the streets a free woman. And to be honest, I honestly don't know which would be the worse fate...Death or disMEMBERment.

[The Lake City Gar]

In closing arguments, defense attorney George Parnham took jurors through the mind of the Houston-area dentist who killed her orthodontist husband by driving over him after she caught him with another woman.

"In one week, she spiraled down from a life of dignity and self-respect to the knowledge that her neighbors and everyone else knows her husband was being unfaithful," Mr. Parnham said. "Didn't she react like any woman would act?"

THIS is the basic problem with lawyers...

NO YOU FREAKING IDIOT!!! NOT "ANY WOMAN" WOULD ACT THIS WAY!!! YOU CAN'T BE THIS STUPID???

Or would you rather me say.....

Lawyers have done so much harm to this great country that I think ANY person has the right to run over them with a car THREE TIMES anytime they see one on the street.

[punster]

How about a catchy headline for story?

DENTIST LOOKS DOWN IN MOUTH AS SHE HEARS VERDICT.

[NYC Republican]

That's hysterical... The fat question "honey, do I look fat in the -fill in the blank-", is one question I never answer. Ever. There are always consequences either way.

[meandog]

...I was expecting an O.J. Johnny Cochran defense for the woman:

"She didn't know how to drive, so she must survive!"

OR

"If her hubby cheated, he must be deleted!"

[dennisw]

Court was to reconvene later Thursday morning for the sentencing phase.

I'm pulling for a nice long stay in the graybar hotel. She can get a sentence of anywhere from 5years on up. I also hear she can be given probation with no jail time. MEANING she gets off the hook. I want her to get the max (25 years) but my bet is she gets 10 years. She'll be out in 7 years or less if Texas does the same as other states.

[Brookhaven]

That's hysterical... The fat question "honey, do I look fat in the -fill in the blank-", is one question I never answer. Ever. There are always consequences either way.

I always said yes. After a few times they asking. I figured it was better to go through the short term trouble and get it over with.

[dennisw]

 

 

Bat out of hell photos

 

 

Thu Feb 13,11:40 AM ET

Clara Harris (C) shows no emotion as she is found guilty while standing with attorneys George Parnham (R) and Emily Munoz (L) in her murder trial, February 13, 2003, in Houston. Harris will now await sentencing for murder for the crime of running over her husband with her Mercedes Benz after finding him cheating on her with another woman. REUTERS/POOL/Pat Sullivan

 

 

Thu Feb 13,11:42 AM ET

Clara Harris (L) closes her eyes as the jury is polled while sitting at the defense table with attorney George Parnham February 13, 2003, in Houston. Harris will now await sentencing for murder after being found guilty of running over her husband with her Mercedes Benz after catching him cheating on her with another woman. REUTERS/POOL/Pat Sullivan

 

Thu Feb 13,11:12 AM ET

A Texas jury on February 13, 2003 found Clara Harris guilty of murder for running over her husband with her Mercedes-Benz after catching him with another woman at a Houston area hotel last July. Harris, shown in court Feb. 12, had said the killing was an accident. (Pool via Reuters)

 

Wed Feb 12, 8:08 PM ET

Clara Harris sits at the defense table February 12, 2003 as the prosecution presents closing arguments in her trial for the murder of her husband in Houston. Harris is accused of running over her husband in her luxury sedan after catching him at an area hotel with another woman. (Pat Sullivan/Reuters)

 

Wed Feb 12, 7:35 PM ET

Murder defendant Clara Harris, left, talks with legal assistant Mary Parnham as they wait during jury deliberation Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003, in Houston. Harris is accused of running down her husband with her Mercedes-Benz after catching him with another woman. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, POOL)

 

 

[NYC Republican]

Does that really work? Don't they become infuriated? You know that deep down inside they don't want to hear the truth. It's more of a rhetorical question.

[ggekko]

Well, it looks like a temporary setback for the "He-called-me-fat-boring-nagging-bitch syndrome" murder defense.

It seems that the trail bar will have to go back to the drawing board.

[MeekOneGOP]

I think if they give her less than 10 years, she can get probation without doing the time. I bet they give her MORE than 10, but who knows? That TWO jurors were crying when the judge read their verdict may give a clue they'll be more lenient than I am thinking though.

We'll see. Thanks...

[Diana Rose]

...a husband justifies his philandering by telling his wife she's fat, then he deserves death.

The guy was a Darwin Award Candidate. His wife should have just let nature take it's course and not rushed the fence.

[Brookhaven]

Does that really work? Don't they become infuriated? You know that deep down inside they don't want to hear the truth. It's more of a rhetorical question.

Yes, they become infuriated. No, it isn't a retorical question.

If you want to see a woman really become infuriated, just let her think you are lying to her when she asks "does this dress make me look fat?"

It really is a no win situation for guys. If you tell her no, evenutally she will decide you are lying to her. Then it hits the fan because she caught you lying to her.

I figure it is better to have it hit the fan early and get it over with.