DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — A father and daughter involved in the killing of Irish Businessman, Jason Corbett will be released from prison in June 2024, according to the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.
Officials originally stated that Molly Corbett and Thomas Martens would be released from prison this week.
The NC Department of Adult Corrections has since issued a correction and released the following statement:
After further review, the initial projected release dates calculated in response to the resentencing for Molly Corbett and Thomas Martens were found to be incorrect. The current projected release dates for both are June 27, 2024. Corbett and Martens will be transferred to state prison facilities to complete the remainder of their sentences.
Molly Corbett and Martens were resentenced in November after the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed their 2017 second-degree murder convictions and ordered a new trial.
They were sentenced to spend between 51-74 months behind bars after pleas to voluntary manslaughter.
Both were only expected to serve seven months because of a good behavior sentencing reduction during the 44 months they already served, according to their attorneys.
They were both previously sentenced to serve from 20 to 25 years.
Under North Carolina sentencing law, the NC Dept. of Correction said felony sentences are accompanied by a mandatory term of post-release supervision, where the offender is released from incarceration and serves the final months of their sentence in the community under the supervision of a probation/parole officer.
Jason Corbett died at the family home in Davidson County in 2015. Investigators said Molly Corbett and Martens killed Jason Corbett.
Defense attorneys have said the two were acting in self-defense.
Jason Corbett's sister posted a statement on Facebook in regards to the mixup:
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