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Driven to Kill
Aired February 13, 2003 - 13:46 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: As we've been reporting, the Houston dentist who drove her Mercedes over her cheating husband has been convicted of murder. Clara Harris convicted today by a nine women, three man jury, and already the penalty phase is underway.
CNN's Art Harris -- no relation to that Harris family -- is standing by in Houston with more on that.
Hi, Art.
ART HARRIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra.
A very, very tense and emotional moment today, as the guilty verdict was read.
You can see Clara Harris standing in court, choking back tears, her attorney George Parnham, holding her up. And the jury was -- the jury was obviously very, very focused on what Clara had said to police immediately after the killing, because she had asked -- because the jury had asked for a readback of that testimony. And in that testimony, she had said to police, "I wanted to hurt him. I wanted to separate him from her," meaning the mistress. So that was the only bit of testimony the jury had wanted to hear, obviously, focused on that and found her guilty, possibly by her own statement, Kyra.
They were very, very taken by the actual running over of her husband with the car, the home video capturing her circling the parking lot outside the Nassau Bay Hilton on July 24th at least twice. Witnesses saying that she ran him over as many as three times.
Very emotional yesterday in court, and today, again, as her stepdaughter took the stand during the penalty phase, the prosecutor calling Lindsay Harris to the stand to speak of the victim impact it has had on her not having her father any more. Lindsay talked about committing suicide -- attempting suicide twice, slitting her wrists, and that she's been on antidepressants.
At one point during this, Clara stood up and said, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. The judge warned her that any more outbursts would bar her from court -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Art Harris, covering the case from Houston. Thanks, Art.
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Aired February 13, 2003 - 13:46 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: As we've been reporting, the Houston dentist who drove her Mercedes over her cheating husband has been convicted of murder. Clara Harris convicted today by a nine women, three man jury, and already the penalty phase is underway.
CNN's Art Harris -- no relation to that Harris family -- is standing by in Houston with more on that.
Hi, Art.
ART HARRIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra.
A very, very tense and emotional moment today, as the guilty verdict was read.
You can see Clara Harris standing in court, choking back tears, her attorney George Parnham, holding her up. And the jury was -- the jury was obviously very, very focused on what Clara had said to police immediately after the killing, because she had asked -- because the jury had asked for a readback of that testimony. And in that testimony, she had said to police, "I wanted to hurt him. I wanted to separate him from her," meaning the mistress. So that was the only bit of testimony the jury had wanted to hear, obviously, focused on that and found her guilty, possibly by her own statement, Kyra.
They were very, very taken by the actual running over of her husband with the car, the home video capturing her circling the parking lot outside the Nassau Bay Hilton on July 24th at least twice. Witnesses saying that she ran him over as many as three times.
Very emotional yesterday in court, and today, again, as her stepdaughter took the stand during the penalty phase, the prosecutor calling Lindsay Harris to the stand to speak of the victim impact it has had on her not having her father any more. Lindsay talked about committing suicide -- attempting suicide twice, slitting her wrists, and that she's been on antidepressants.
At one point during this, Clara stood up and said, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. The judge warned her that any more outbursts would bar her from court -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Art Harris, covering the case from Houston. Thanks, Art.
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