The Clara Harris Case
In 2002 Clara Harris became a household name. News stations all over began airing a video taken by a private investigator that Clara had hired to follow her husband showing Clara running down her husband with her car and repeatedly running over him. When the details started to emerge it divided the country, often by sex, as to what she should face. There were those who thought she should have walked and that her husband, David, deserved it. There were others who thought she should have been punished to some extent, many stating because she had David's 17 year old daughter with her in the car, but left off easier than most. And, then of course there were those who believed "the book" should have been thrown at her. The fact the crime took place in Texas could have worked for or against her. Texas is notorious for being hard on criminals and it is said they have "an express lane" to the gas chamber but they also tend to give a lot of considerat...