RALEIGH, N.C.--A North Carolina woman serving a life sentence plus 60 years in prison for plotting the murder of her salesman husband is being considered for release on parole after 25 years.
The state parole commission said Monday it is weighing the potential for freeing 67-year-old Donna Westbrooks. She was convicted in 1993 of first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation to commit murder.
The Guilford County woman enlisted two friends to kill her husband by promising to share with them the payout from James Westbrooks Jr.'s life insurance policy.
He died after being stabbed 30 times at his Colfax home. The salesman for a beer distributor was found dead in the home's carport.