In July 2019, Sherra Wright (seated) entered a guilty plea to charges associated with the murder of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, her ex-husband. Deborah Marion (left), Lorenzen Wright’s mother, listened as Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee set the context for Marion to address the court that day. On Monday (May 23) in Nashville, Marion spoke against Wright’s early release from prison.(Photo: Karanja A. Ajanaku/The New Tri-State Defender Archives)