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The prosecution's sentencing memorandum for Kouri Richins vehemently requests a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole (LWOP). They argue her actions, including an attempted murder followed by a successful, calculated murder for financial gain, demonstrate an irredeemable character and a complete lack of remorse. The memo highlights the heinous nature of homicidal poisoning and murder for money, both of which are aggravating factors warranting the death penalty in Utah, though the state is not seeking it.

The state's sentencing memo opens by stating, 'On Valentine's Day 2022, Corey Darden Richens tried and failed to murder her husband... Over the next 17 days, she did not think, 'What have I done?' Rather, she thought, 'How can I do better?' And then she murdered Eric in the presence of their children using poison and for money.' They conclude, 'The state requests that the court impose a sentence of life in prison without parole. Corey Richens has earned it. Her children deserve it. Only this court can order it.'

The sentencing memo includes powerful excerpts from victim impact statements by Kouri Richins' three young sons, detailing their profound fear of their mother and the irreparable harm she inflicted. The children express a desire for her permanent incarceration, stating they would not feel safe if she were released and that their lives are better without her. The oldest son, CR, wears his father's clothes to school, and the youngest, WR, remembers being scared and wetting his pants the night of the murder.

CR, 13, stated, 'I'm afraid if she gets out, she will come after me and my brothers, my whole family. I think she would come take us and not do good things to us like hurt us. I miss my dad, but I do not miss how my life used to be. I don't miss Corey.' WR, who was in preschool, stated, 'When someone talks about Corey, it makes me feel hateful and ashamed. She took away my dad... If she got out, I would be so scared. I'm worried that she would take me away. Once she is gone, I will feel happy and I will feel safer and relaxed and trust people more.'

Forensic interviews with the children, specifically the middle child (AR), reveal new, disturbing details about the night Eric Richins was murdered. AR recalled being put to bed early, finding his parents' bedroom door locked, and attempting to open it with a broom. Corey, who claimed to have been asleep in a child's room, yelled at AR to go away. This suggests Corey was in the locked bedroom with Eric during his death, actively preventing her children from entering and making them unwitting witnesses to the unfolding tragedy.

The memo states, 'If called to testify at trial, AR would have recalled being put to bed early on March 3rd, 2022... The television was playing loudly inside his parents' bedroom. And when AR tried to enter, he found he was locked out. AR used a broom to try to dislodge a key from above the door frame... AR accidentally hit the wall with the broom... She yelled at AR to go away.' It further notes, 'AR would have testified at trial that the defendant did not sleep in his room with him the night she murdered his father.'

Following her guilty verdict, Kouri Richins expressed no remorse and instead vowed revenge. In text messages to an admirer, she threatened to "expose" the county, prosecution, judge, and the Richins family. This behavior is consistent with her pattern of retaliation, which included throat-punching Eric's sister, attempting to file federal firearms charges against her father-in-law, and reporting Eric's sister Amy to the police for marijuana possession. She also filed unfounded bar complaints against prosecutors and posted a gay dating profile of the lead detective.

Six weeks after the verdict, Corey texted an admirer, 'I will expose this county, the prosecution, the judge, the richens, the investigation, all of it... They picked the wrong one. They think sentencing is quote unquote the end, quote unquote closure. It's just the beginning. They haven't seen anything yet. Winky emoji.' The memo also details, 'She throat punched Amy Richens two days after murdering Eric... She caused her family members to pursue federal firearms charges against Jean... filed false reports with DCFS against Katie and reported Amy Richens to the police for marijuana possession.'

Instructure, the developer of the Canvas learning management system, paid an undisclosed ransom to the Shiny Hunters cybercriminal group after a data breach that compromised the data of over 250 million individuals across nearly 9,000 educational institutions. The company stated they reached an agreement for the data to be returned and destroyed, and that no customers would be extorted by Shiny Hunters. However, the host raises concerns about the potential for secondary extortion from other actors and the company's delayed notification to schools.

An ABC News Australia article reported, 'The company at the center of the cyber attack involving the details of millions of students... says it has quote reached an agreement with the hackers.' The company stated, 'Instructure reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident... the data has been returned along with digital confirmation of it being destroyed by the hackers.' The CEO apologized for 'more consistent communication' but not the breach itself, noting a delay from April 29th detection to May 6th notification.