Prosecutors Ask for the Maximum Sentence Against Kouri Richins on Every Count

The state didn't come to negotiate. They came to take everything Kouri Richins has left, count by count. Sentencing day opens with the prosecution laying out exactly what they want the court to do to the woman a jury just convicted of murdering her husband. Brad Bloodworth gets straight to the numbers. Life without parole on count one. Consecutive sentences on every other count. Over $2.76 million in restitution and recoupment. He carries forward the same 17-day character thesis from his rebuttal closing in March, the line that landed with the jury: Kouri Richins did not think "what have I done" after Valentine's Day. She thought "how can I do better." But before the state ever stood up, Judge Mrazik issued a ruling that may resonate longer than any number Bloodworth read. The Richins family asked for a continuous protective order under Utah's domestic violence statute. Mrazik read the statute hard and ruled he didn't have the authority. The statute was written for survivors who can fear future harm. Eric Richins is dead. The plain text of the law doesn't reach a fact pattern where the victim isn't alive to apprehend harm. He urged the legislature to fix the gap and pointed the family toward other doors — stalking injunctions, juvenile court — but the door he was looking at was closed. WATCH WITH JUSTICE 01:54 - The cohabitant stipulation goes on the record. Both sides confirm what was put together during the jury instruction conference, locking the legal foundation for the protective order analysis that follows. 07:23 - The restitution hearing gets pushed to July 31 because both defense lawyers have international travel in June and July. Quiet moment, but it's the next deadline running. 07:54 - Mrazik begins the protective order analysis on the record. Watch how carefully he reads the statute, because where he lands is going to test what Utah law actually does when a domestic violence victim has been killed. 14:29 - "Full transparency, I don't like the result." A judge naming on the record that the law doesn't reach this fact pattern is unusual, and the legislature charge that follows is the kind of moment that lives long after the headlines move on. 18:38 - Bloodworth's opening line. The Valentine's Day frame, the 17 days, "how can I do better." This is the state's character thesis carried forward from rebuttal. 20:14 - The numbers ask. Life without parole. Consecutive sentences on every count. Listen to how the state structures the request so any appellate adjustment to one count can't unlock parole eligibility. 21:42 - Bloodworth surrenders his time to the victims. The state's strongest argument for sentence isn't Bloodworth. It's everyone he's about to call up. CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://justiceisaprocess.com/ut-v-ri... 📂 PLAYLISTS & RESOURCES 🌐 Website: https://justiceisaprocess.com ► Full Trial Live Broadcasts:    • LIVE BROADCAST: UT v. Kouri Richins   ► No Breaks Edition:    • NO BREAKS EDITION: UT v. Kouri Richins   ► Trial Analysis Podcast:    • PODCAST: UT v. Kouri Richins   ► Key Moments Playlist:    • KEY MOMENTS AND TESTIMONY: UT v. Kouri Ric...   ► Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   ⚖️ ABOUT JUSTICE IS A PROCESS This channel continues the work of Steven M. Askin, a criminal defense attorney who was disbarred in 1998 for refusing to violate attorney-client privilege, then criminally convicted in 2010 for teaching people their constitutional rights from a coffee shop in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He passed away in February 2024, but not before he and I started this channel together. I am Steven M. Askin II. I am not an attorney. I am a watchdog. I cover criminal trials to educate the public about due process, the presumption of innocence, and constitutional protections. Every video on this channel is part of building the machine the system feared my father would create: a public trained to watch, question, and demand accountability. This is not entertainment. This is education. This is oversight. This is Justice Is A Process. ⚖️ FAIR USE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. § 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. No copyright infringement is intended. All video content is used for transformative educational purposes with added legal analysis and commentary. #JusticeIsAProcess #KouriRichins #UtahVRichins #KouriRichinsTrial