Kouri Richins’ boys wanted her to get life in prison. Their wish was granted | CNN

Before a judge sentenced Kouri Richins for fatally poisoning her husband, the couple’s three young sons made their feelings clear. They urged Judge Richard Mrazik to sentence their mother – who two of them referred to as “Kouri” – to life in prison, saying they would fear for their safety if she were ever released. “I don’t want you out of jail because I will not feel safe if you are out,” the middle child, identified as A.R., wrote in a statement read aloud in court Wednesday. “You have never said sorry for anything that you have done to me and my brothers. I don’t want you to hurt anyone again.” The youngest son, W.R., said he wanted her to go to jail “forever.” “If she got out, I would be so scared, really mad, and I wouldn’t want to go with her anywhere,” he wrote. After listening to statements from the couple’s children and loved ones of Kouri Richins and the victim, Eric Richins, Mrazik ultimately sentenced the mother of three to life in prison without parole – the most severe sentence she faced. Richins’ defense attorneys told the court they plan on appealing the sentence and filing a motion for a new trial. Earlier this year, an eight-p