As Brenda Andrew sat quietly in an Oklahoma courtroom, a prosecutor held up a pair of her thong underwear for jurors. Would a grieving widow really wear such a sexy undergarment, he asked them?
The jurors, who had to decide whether the Sunday school teacher was guilty of being involved in her estranged husband's shooting death, also heard from five witnesses who told them about how Andrew dressed sexy in low-cut shirts and short skirts. They heard about Andrew's sexual history and proclivities, how she liked to skinny-dip in her hot tub and that she was a "hoochie" and a "slut puppy," her attorneys describe in court records.
A jury convicted Andrew of first-degree murder and sentenced her to death in 2004. Now more than 20 years later, she remains on Oklahoma's death row.