PARK CITY, Utah (ABC4) — The Utah parent accused of poisoning and sidesplitting her hubby with fentanyl earlier penning a children's publication astir grief is renewing her petition to beryllium released connected bail arsenic her proceedings moves forward.

Kouri Richins, 34, has been successful state custody since May 2023, erstwhile she was charged with the execution of her husband, Eric Richins. In the 17 months since, her attorneys accidental Richins has been a exemplary inmate and the hold for her proceedings has gone connected for excessively long.

Judge Richard Mrazik primitively denied Richins bail aft a lengthy detention proceeding successful June 2023. Mrazik, astatine the time, determined since Richins was perchance facing the decease punishment for her alleged crimes and that grounds presented by the State of Utah could perchance transportation a blameworthy verdict from a jury, Richins should beryllium held pending her trial.

When Mrazik made his determination it appeared arsenic though Richins would look proceedings wrong the adjacent fewer months. However, respective delays including a alteration successful attorneys for Richins, pushed the proceedings dates back to May 2025. The authorities besides declared it would not beryllium seeking the decease penalty arsenic a punishment if convicted.

"At the clip of the archetypal detention proceeding successful June of 2023, it was believed that preliminary proceeding and proceedings were imminent. Based connected the recently scheduled proceedings date, if Mrs. Richins is not released she volition person served 2 years successful jailhouse astatine the clip of her trial, each portion presumed to beryllium innocent," her attorneys wrote successful the appeal.

Richins' lawyers further argued their lawsuit has been a exemplary inmate, displaying "no indications of unit oregon information whatsoever." To enactment their claim, her lawyers provided respective certificates awarded to Richins for completion of jail-run programs.

Certificates of Achievements and completions awarded to Kouri Richins during her clip successful the Summit County Jail.

Her lawyers besides provided an acceptance missive into the California Coast University Online Masters of Business Administration program. The programs manager had sent an email to justice Mrazik detailing Richins arsenic "resolute successful her work, precise affirmative successful her interactions, and appreciative of enactment lent to her learning."

In the appeal, Richins' lawyers said their lawsuit has a program to unrecorded with her member and sister-in-law successful Salt Lake County if released. The attorneys reason it volition region immoderate hazard of inadvertent interactions with imaginable witnesses successful the case, and let her to person supervised visits with her sons - who they accidental she has go estranged with.

"She volition beryllium capable to proceed to enactment connected her higher acquisition grade and volition beryllium highly motivated to comply with each conditions acceptable by the Court truthful that she tin behaviour supervised visitation with her sons," her attorneys wrote. "Mrs. Richins' household is prepared to supply essentials specified arsenic food, clothing, and acquisition resources and they are committed to making definite that she appears astatine each tribunal proceedings arsenic required."

According to tribunal documents, Judge Mrazik volition see the question to assistance Richins bail arsenic good arsenic immoderate statement from the authorities prosecutors against the question connected Monday, Oct. 28. A 2nd proceeding to see immoderate further motions has been scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 12.