Clara Harris was sentenced by the jury to 20 years for husband's murder.

A Houston jury Friday sentenced Clara Harris to 20 years in prison for murdering her husband with her car after catching him with another woman. The 45-year-old dentist and mother of two appeared to collapse in the grasp of her attorneys when the verdict was announced after six hours of deliberation. The same jury of nine women and three men Thursday convicted Harris of murder. The jurors could have sentenced Harris to life in prison but ruled she acted with "sudden passion," which provided for a reduced sentence, but they then gave her the maximum 20 years provided under that provision. She could have received as little as two years in prison.

That's outrageous. What about her twin sons? They grow up with no parent? George Parnum, Harris's defense attorney,

... said during a news conference this evening that he will appeal the case, and said there were numerous grounds for such action, including evidence that was not allowed to be admitted.

That included an audiotape made by police of Clara Harris the night of the killing. Parnham describe his client as "incoherent and rambling" and it would have shown her state of mind had it been allowed.

"This fight is not over," he said.

We're glad to hear it, but we don't have much faith in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Another case where everyone loses.