Houston , Texas ( CNN ) -- A Texas woman who was sentenced to prison for stabbing her husband more than 200 times may have a chance at probation as a second jury reconsiders her sentence . Once dubbed the `` blue-eyed butcher '' in news accounts , Susan Wright is serving a 25-year sentence for stabbing her husband , Jeffrey , to death in 2003 . During her murder trial the following year , Harris County District Attorneys alleged that Wright tied her husband to their bed during a seduction , dripped hot wax on his body and killed him . An appellate court upheld Wright 's conviction of first-degree murder but set aside her sentence , finding that her attorneys failed to do their job in the penalty phase of the case . The mother of two from Houston faces a wide range of sentencing options , from probation to life in prison . The decision rests in the hands of a new 12-person jury . Wright 's appellate attorney , Brian Wice , argued that her original team ignored crucial witnesses who would have supported Wright 's claim of abuse at the hands of her husband . A psychiatrist who treated Wright after the stabbing , an expert on Battered Woman Syndrome , and a former girlfriend of the victim who had pressed assault charges against him were all known and available to the defense but inexplicably never testified , Wice argued in his appeal . Wice attributed his client 's sentence to rookie defense attorneys who were `` steamrolled '' by a veteran prosecutor . Former Assistant District Attorney Kelly Siegler , who tried the case , propelled the trial into the media spotlight with a dramatic courtroom re-enactment of the stabbing on the Wrights ' marital bed . Straddling a tied-down colleague on the actual bloodstained mattress , weapon in hand , Siegler demonstrated the State 's version of the killing . Prosecutors took a more measured approach this week , avoiding sexual innuendo but maintaining that the victim was tied to the bed during the attack . Harris County Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Dwayne Wolf and lead investigator Mark Reynolds both testified that apparent ligatures were found on the victim 's wrists . Explicit photographs of the victim 's wound-riddled body were displayed for jurors , with defense attorney Jonathan Munier describing the man as a `` leaking sieve '' from injures ranging from his head to his genitals and legs . Wolf also said cocaine was found in the victim 's system , and several witnesses testified to his occasional drug use , which defense attorney say may have rendered him aggressive . Wright testified in 2004 her husband regularly abused her and that she experienced a break with reality when the stabbing occurred . Prosecution witnesses this week also testified to the defendant 's apparent clean-up of the scene and elaborate lies during the six days leading up to the discovery of her husband 's body . The 34-year-old was found buried in the backyard of the couple 's home . The family dog had partially unearthed the remains and chewed off much of the victim 's left hand . In the defense opening statement Friday , defense attorney Juan Guerra told jurors he would call experts on domestic violence . Wright , flanked by new attorneys , cried often during the testimony this week but smiled at the mention of her two children , now in the care of her former in-laws . The defense case will continue Monday .
Susan Wright was sentenced to 25 years for stabbing husband more than 200 times . Appeals court set aside sentence , because lawyers failed to do their job in trial phase . A second jury has the option of sentencing her to life or up to 99 years . In first trial , prosecutors alleged Wright tied husband to bed during seduction , killed him .