The ghosts of their parents are everywhere in this trial for Jack and Sarah, but neither will rest until the truth outs
Children of Jason Corbett, Jack and Sarah Corbett, arriving at Davidson County Superior Court in North Carolina with their aunt and Jason's sister Tracey Corbett-Lynch and husband David Lynch on November 2nd. Photograph: Scott MuthersbaughThey are the ghosts of this trial, two young lovers who met at a 21st birthday party, stayed up all night talking, fell in love, married, bought a home together and had two children.
This hearing is just about sentencing, and the amount of further time in jail the Martens will have to serve, having spent 3½ years in jail before being released from the 20- to 25-year sentences imposed after their conviction on second-degree murder charges in 2017. They were ordered to be released after winning their appeal before the North Carolina supreme court in 2021.
Jack was two years old, and Sarah 12 weeks old, when their mother, Mags, died. An Irish pathologist found she died due to complications following an asthma attack which left her unable to breathe. Experts – on both the prosecution and defence side – agree that she did not die of an asthma attack. The Irish pathologists reported that Mag’s lungs and heart were examined and she reported that there was nothing unusual about them.
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