Tamera Laws, 28, faces up to life in prison for the Feb. Over the course of more than 90 minutes on the witness stand, Laws claimed voices, delusional thoughts and fears of witchcraft made her carry out the killing, tearfully arguing she was insane at the time. She's never done anything for me to want to kill her for. Laws broke down in tears several times during direct questioning from her attorney and cross-examination from prosecutors, receiving a five-minute break from the judge on two occasions when she became too overwhelmed to continue.
After returning from a break, she composed herself and described how she choked her grandma inside her bedroom. She explained that she then beat her five times with a hammer.
She says she did it β killed the woman who raised her β because she wasn't in her right mind that night. Laws explained she'd become addicted to meth while working as an escort and had started to hear voices.
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Tamera Laws, 28, broke down in tears several times while testifying in her murder trial on Thursday. Finally, she stabbed her with a knife. The night of the murder, Laws spoke to her dad over the phone at p. Cantrell said the first call lasted more than an hour, and the second call lasted 42 minutes.
