Kristina 'Kris' Kelton
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2,419 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 4d ago
Kristina 'Kris' Kelton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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decision with a confused mind and heart that has no hope.
And Bruck argued that a life sentence would be its own punishment, that Susan would carry the grief and the memory of what she had done for the rest of her days.
And then Pope closed for the state, saying, quote, On the night of October 25th, Susan Smith made a choice.
A horrible, horrible choice.
She chose the love of a man over the love of those boys, unquote.
And Pope told
Jury that the instant Susan let that break off, it was as if she had pulled the trigger.
And he spoke about the boys, saying, quote, Mercifully, they truly never understood why it happened.
They knew it was dark, they knew they were scared, and they knew they were alone.
So on July 22nd, after only two and a half hours, the twelve jurors, eight white and four black, three women and nine men,
Found Susan guilty on both counts.
And six days later, on July 28th, they came back from another two and a half hours with a unanimous decision on the sentence.
They rejected death, and Susan would spend the rest of her life in prison.
And juror Deborah Benvenuti explained, quote, We all felt like Susan was a really disturbed person, and we all felt that giving her the death penalty wouldn't serve justice.
Justice, unquote.
And Judge Howard called their choice the toughest moral decision anyone has to make.
And as the verdict was read, Susan put her head on Brook's shoulder and patted his back, then wept as the guards let her out.
And David sat stonefaced.
And he told reporters, quote, This is the most difficult thing I've had to do.
I guess since I buried Michael and Alex, unquote.
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