GUILTY TN - NBA Star Lorenzen Wright, 34, Collierville, 18 July 2010 *Arrests*

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Guilty on all charges, the Judge in this case is such a lovely, kind man
 
sentence on the murder Life in prison, in Tennessee this is 60 years before you can apply for parole, you can reduce that to 51 years if you complete all the required programs, April 22nd sentencing on two other charges
 
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Prosecutor said he feels good about verdict and what it means to the city.


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Mother of Lorenzen Wright visibly emotional in hallway outside courtroom.

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Judge tells mother of Lorenzen Wright there will never closure but for her to remember the good moments of his life.

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Mother of Lorenzen Wright.



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BREAKING NEWS. Jury finds Billy Turner:
First degree murder: GUILTY
Conspiracy to Commit First Degree Murder: GUILTY
Attempted First degree murder: GUILTY #LorenzenWright

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Jury says they've reached unanimous verdict for ALL three counts on the indictment.

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Jury being brought back into the courtroom.


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VERDICT IS IN AND ABOUT TO BE READ. You can watch now on @ABC24Memphis
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Family of #LorenzenWright about to go back in.

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As it stands now, Turner faced these charges from original indictment: First degree murder, Attempted First degree murder and Conspiracy. The jury - if unable to find consensus on those three charges, also had more than a dozen LESSER chargers also under consideration.

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We are told by multiple people that a verdict in the trial of Billy Turner has been reached. I just saw the jury walk by back into the courtroom\.

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Attorneys just went in for an update. Deliberations began about two hours ago, starting with jury having a working lunch.
 
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Things about to get underway at #SherraWright parole hearing. Some of the final t's are being crossed, including a sign in sheet to get the participants on record, in support and opposition.



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HAPPENING NOW: #SherraWright appears before a parole board for early parole. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison for her role in organizing the murder of Ex-husband, NBA star, #LorenzenWright. So far, she’s only served 4 years.


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#SherraWright at table.

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Based on screen in Nashville, the parole hearing of #SherraWright has drawn media attention in both of Tennessee's largest cities.

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#SherraWright being housed in prison in Nashville. This parole hearing is being held virtually in Frayser at TDOC parole office. Three people are expected to speak in opposition, including DA Amy Weirich and mother of #LorenzenWright, Deborah Marion.
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Also learned today that #SherraWright said she's married to a military veteran that has helped her coordinate transitional housing if she's released.

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#SherraWright now.

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Sherra: I'm taking full responsibility for setting up meeting (that led to Lorenzen's death). I could have done things differently. It was hard time for our family. She claims she went to Lorenzen Wright's mom about domestic abuse & asked for help. Mother in room shakes her head.


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Weirich: We do know (Sherra) is reason #LorenzenWright is dead & only reason he was killed because he was a successful basketball player and worth a lot. These domestic violence allegations are the first we've heard of it today (her 2019 counsel did allege it after guilty plea).

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Shelby County DA Amy Weirich: 30 years should mean 30 years. We are seeing deceit & deflection (today) from #SherraWright. She hasn't owned up to what she admitted when she accepted guilty plea (in 2019). She hasn't said "I'm sorry, I did this. Greed & evil got better of me."

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Sgt. Parks: When (#SherraWright) was first asked in 2010, she said she knew nothing of alleged drug dealing with Lorenzen. I don't care how many classes you take, four or five years isn't enough time to get you back to society.


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MPD Sgt. Tony Parks: She's not ready to get back to society. She plotted to kill the father of her six children. She admitted herself (earlier at this hearing) to being "indirectly" involved to killing of #LorenzenWright.



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#LorenzenWright great aunt fired up from Nashville prison in person: My nephew would still be here if they hadn't facilitated this hit. These kids would still have their mom if she didn't do this. She didn't think about her kids when this all went down. Time has not been served.


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Marion (mother of #LorenzenWright) continues: Let (#SherraWright) do her 30 (year). Then she can come home...but not today. Not in 2022. I'm doing life without my child so I want her to feel like I feel.


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Mother of #LorenzenWright, Deborah Marion. This death has impacted this family. My grandchildren need counseling, their mother killed their father. I hope they get counseling some day. (But) she needs to stay for her term, I'm doing a life term, she needs to do her (30 years).

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Searcy: The act that took my nephew #LorenzenWright was total evil. If you let (#SherraWright) out now, she hasn't had enough time to contemplate what she did. She's smart, no doubt about that.

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First to speak in opposition of #SherraWright: Lorenzo Searcy, Jr.: Great uncle of Lorenzen. I want to tell you about two torn families torn apart by a malicious act: the murder of Lorenzen Wright.


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Now four speakers will be speaking from Memphis in OPPOSITION of release of #SherraWright. Reminder, you can watch this live on our website, http://abc24.com


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Sherra wipes away tears with a tissue as her daughter Lauren speaks on her behalf. Daughter says: "no one is perfect."

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Lauren said she had a great childhood until the last couple of years, when she was woken up in the middle of the night, being told "we have to leave." Said her mother: has some mental health things that need to be addressed.[/URL]

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Last of the four people to speak on behalf of #SherraWright: her daughter Lauren. She appears emotional from the get go. She was 19 when her mother was arrested.


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#SherraWright continues: I know that she is not a threat to society. She is interested in IT now. I know that her brother would be a huge help if she's released. I witnessed physical abuse (Lorenzen on Sherra).


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Third person speaks in support of #SherraWright release, her longtime friend since 1989. Friend said she is not out to love on her children, her family. She's not able to be that person that we can all go and talk to.

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Prison chaplain speaks, said #SherraWright is a "survivor and overcomer". Chaplain: I'm not here to talk about what happened with the crime. What I do know is who she is now. I believe this prison has rehabilitated (Sherra) & helped her overcome trauma.

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Lorenzen Wright Junior visibly emotional.
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Letter continues: Even with my mom playing a role in my father's death, she is a victim of domestic violence, physical and emotional. It does not excuse her of what she did or the loss of my father but I do understand now what physical and emotional trauma can do to a person.
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Now, first of four people speaking in support of Sherra Wright, one of her sons - 27-year-old Lorenzen Wright, Jr. He's reading a letter written by his brother, Lamar Wright. Letter focuses on his father's love & how he misses him.

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#SherraWright implies regret that she accepted the guilty plea deal in 2019.



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Parole board counters: You wanted (defendants) to kill Lorenzen & there's witness testimony that you unlocked window, paving way for Jimmie Martin & Billy Turner to enter ATL townhouse & you lured him back to Memphis w/sexually explicit messages & you went back to crime scene.


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#SherraWright is now openly crying at parole hearing, accusing #LorenzenWright of domestic abuse in the hours before his murder in July 2010 in Southeast Memphis.



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Some of these allegations being made now by #SherraWright have never been made publicly before. The mother of #LorenzenWright is seen now in this room shaking her head. Sherra denies that she opened a window at Lorenzen's Atlanta townhouse.


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#SherraWright tells parole board there was a power play between Jimmie Martin and Lorenzen Wright involving drugs and drug running. Lorenzen Jr.'s life was threatened at school. There was a target placed on myself and my children. Lorenzen was hiding out.


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#SherraWright answers: Crimes started before the crimes actually started, which led to divorce with #LorenzenWright. There was financial stress, my husband got into drug trade. During that, there was a lot of beatings, suicidal attempts on his end. I was trying to get kids away.


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Parole board member asks #SherraWright, what led to this crime involving murder of #LorenzenWright?

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#SherraWright said if released, she would first go to transitional housing.
 
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(NEW YORK) — For over a decade, Deborah Marion has been fighting for answers in the murder of her son, former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, who was found shot in 2010.

“With Lorenzen, I’d be talking to his picture and sometimes his picture could look at me a certain way like it’s really him… He was a momma’s boy. Simple as that,” she said. “He would still be a momma’s boy if he was here now.”

At the time of his death, Wright had retired from the league in 2009 where he had earned an estimated $55 million over the course of 13 seasons in the NBA.

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Wright was missing for nine days before his remains were found in a wooded area off a desolate road in southeast Memphis, Tennessee that he used to take as a shortcut to his mother’s house. His body had gunshot wounds.

Marion said she knew something was wrong when Wright didn’t show up to his sister’s baby shower.

“He was supposed to have been coming to the baby shower. I kept calling him all day and he didn’t answer the phone,” said Marion.

At the time, Sherra Wright Robinson claimed to investigators that Wright was connected to drugs. She claimed that she had last seen Wright drive off with an unknown man carrying a box of drugs.

Investigators looked into Wright Robinson’s claims, but Wright was never implicated in any criminal activity. The criminal case turned cold for the next seven years.

Marion remained a driving force behind the investigation and said she would call the police station everyday to ask if they had found any new information.

“I knew God was on my side,” Marion said. “I wasn’t gonna never get tired until I die ’cause somebody had to pay for killing my child.”

Five years after the murder, Wright Robinson published a novel in 2015 titled Mr. Tell Me Anything. The supposedly fictitious story centered around the life of a woman who marries an abusive and unfaithful basketball player. She later claimed in an interview that the book was based on her real life.

Wright’s supporters allege the book is fiction.

“I just don’t believe it. I think that is purely fiction,” said Bill Adkins, a close friend of Wright.
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Billy Ray Turner sentenced to life in prison for killing of ex-NBA star Lorenzen Wright

Billy Ray Turner was sentenced Friday to life in prison, plus 25 additional years for killing former NBA player and Memphis native Lorenzen Wright.
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Billy Ray Turner was sentenced Friday to life in prison, plus 25 additional years for killing former NBA star and Memphis native Lorenzen Wright and other related convictions.

Lorenzen Wright's ex-wife, Sherra Wright, lost a parole bid in May. She's serving a 30-year sentence for her role in orchestrating the killing.

Sherra Wright pleaded guilty to facilitation to commit attempted first-degree murder. She is eligible for parole again in May 2027. If Sherra Wright serves out her full sentence, she will be released on June 8, 2046 at the age of 75.
 
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A Tennessee man serving life in prison after his first-degree murder conviction in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was sentenced Friday on lesser charges of conspiracy and attempted murder in the 12-year-old case.
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Man sentenced on lesser charges in Lorenzen Wright's slaying - The Oxford Eagle

A Tennessee man serving life in prison after his first-degree murder conviction in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was sentenced Friday on lesser charges of conspiracy and attempted murder in the 12-year-old case. Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee sentenced Billy Ray Turner to 25...
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