Police constable Harper’s widow says she is “punched in the gut” after her account of the planned release process continues, and reports indicate the officer’s former force is considering joining a legal challenge aimed at blocking the killers’ release. Multiple outlets covering the same case describe the widow, Lissie Harper, expressing distress at the decision to proceed with the plans. The reporting also states that the force is not yet committed but is considering taking part in the court action. The legal challenge is framed around efforts to prevent the release of people convicted in the Harper case, with the next steps dependent on legal proceedings and what the parties seek before a court. The outlets do not provide details in the supplied text about the court, the timing of any hearing, or the specific grounds of the challenge, but they agree on the core development: the widow’s reaction to the continuation of release plans and the force’s consideration of whether to join the attempt to stop that release.