Nearly nine years to the day Memphis police cadaver dogs discovered the decomposed and bullet-riddled corpse of former Memphis Grizzlies center Lorenzen Wright, the player’s ex-wife, Sherra Wright, pleaded guilty to charges connected to the murder.
Last Thursday, the 48-year-old ordained minister acknowledged to Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee that she is guilty of both facilitation of first-degree murder and facilitation of a criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder. Wright’s plea is part of a deal arranged between her attorneys and Shelby County prosecutors, who had intended to bring Wright to trial in September.
Judge Coffee sentenced Wright to 30 years in prison.