Kouri Richens

My sweet baby boys.

I know that today you don't want to speak to me, have a relationship with me, or you may think you hate me.

And that's okay.

I will never be angry at you for your feelings.

And now I will use any opportunity I can to get a message to you.

even if that means sharing it publicly to the world, fully restrained, in my jail clothes, in one of the most horrible situations possible.

I'm sorry that eight people from a jury...

who have never met you or me or our family, had the right to determine our future.

And they did that in less than three hours.

In a perfect world, there might be justice.

But in a perfect world, nothing ever goes wrong.

Tragedies don't happen.

Some think a verdict or this sentencing will be the answer that they seek or that they need, but it won't.

It will only give them something else to think about for a while.

It may help to disperse some of their hurt or their resentment, but it won't relieve it.

This grief will outlive us all.

My kids and I kind of wrote this book on the different emotions and grieving processes that we've experienced last year.

And to make sense and process, I'm sure.

Yes, exactly, exactly.

Corey has always maintained that the Walk the Dog letter was part of a greater manuscript.