Watch Saturday with the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence

Houston woman, Susan Wright was convicted of murdering her husband, Jeffrey, by stabbing him 193 times. In a recent Texas Monthly article, Toby Myers, Vice-Chair of the Board of the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, an expert witness in cases where battered women are charged with defending themselves, called Wright a "classic example" of a battered wife, who lived "in a state of constant anticipatory trepidation."

Domestic violence experts such as Myers, were not called on during Wright's original trial. Nor was Jeffrey's former partner, who was also abused. These issues were items in Wright's appeal by Brian Wice, a Houston criminal appellate attorney. Myers was called by Wice during the appeal. In 2009, Wright was granted a new sentencing hearing.

Perhaps as early as this summer, a new jury could reconsider Wright's sentencing. According to the Texas Monthly article, Wice is hoping prosecutors will simply drop the sentencing hearing, consider the time served and allow Wright to go home after 7 years in prison (of the original 25-year sentence). But the gamble is, she could end up spending the rest of her life in prison.

"Betting Her Life" focuses on Wright's case and the upcoming sentencing hearing on CBS' 48 Hours, this Saturday, May 15 (10-11 pm ET and 9-10 pm CT -- check your local listings).

Wright's upcoming sentencing hearing makes the National Center's most popular trainings, Establishing Expertise as an Ethical Expert Witness -- Experts and Lawyers Collaborating to Help Victims, even more timely. Scheduled for January 10-11, 2011, the training is cosponsored by The University of Texas at Austin Schools of Social Work and Law.