In a dramatic turn during her murder trial, newlywed Jordan Linn Graham pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in a plea deal and recounted how she pushed her new husband over a Montana cliff last summer. "It was a reckless act," she told the judge who demanded the truth of what happened to Cody Johnson, her husband of eight days, in Glacier National Park in July. "I just pushed," she stated. The newlywed couple was arguing when he grabbed her and she told him, "Let go." She thought he was going to hold her down. She put one hand on his back and another on his shoulder and then pushed him face-first to his death, she told the court.
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"For us, it's been emotional from the drop of the gavel," defense attorney says
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Friend of victim is terse about justice: "God'll take care of it"
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"I just pushed" Cody Johnson over the cliff, defendant tells the judge
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She now faces at least 19 1/2 years in prison and a maximum of life
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