A Georgia jury quickly convicted fugitive lawyer Richard Merritt for murdering his mother, 77-year-old Shirley Merritt, on the day he was set to report for prison for financial crimes in 2019. Prosecutors claimed Richard beat and stabbed Shirley to death with a kitchen knife and 35-pound dumbbell.
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The worst gamble in history . Could’ve did his 15 and been out one day . Now he’s never seeing the free world ever again .
His mom did everything for this pos and that’s the thanks she got
Truly a loser
his attorneys didn’t even look at him nor feign compassion towards him for the verdict. they knew it was coming.
Lowest life form on the planet. Lawyer.
So while I do think he did it, there was zero proof he did. Kind of scary. Proves jurors are so unpredictable and emotional.
I mean, what did he expect? My 2 year old could have come up with a better story than that…
He deserves it you can tell he only feels sorry himself.
His poor mom didn't deserve the way she went out and the story he came up with 2 guys with guns but she was found with a knife in her face and head bashed in.A spoiled man child and I use the word man in a sarcastic way.
… and all this after she took out a loan against her house for $40,000 to put up his bail. She should have left him rot in jail until his trial.
Live by the sword 🗡️ die by the sword ⚔️
So many bad decisions in such a short amount of time. How sad for his wife and children. It started with stealing money from the elderly, lead to killing his mother, and ended with trying to evade law enforcement. I guess if you’re going down might as well go down in flames
🙌🏻 He got what he deserves, but if he had changed his story to “I ran to avoid jail time. I didn’t even know she was murdered” …he would have been found not guilty because that prosecutor was embarrassingly bad! Might I suggest she go watch DA Michael Allen in the Stauch trial for pointers how to be a prosecutor 😅
His reaction tends to prove he really believed he would not be convicted… not only he is a narcissistic man but also a delusional one
Yess! finally a foreperson that reads a guilty verdict ⭐️Beautifully ⭐️with no mistakes!! and nobody deserves it more than this Scumbag! 😅😅
A very much just verdict! His testimony was insulting he was a combination of Alex Murdaugh and Leticia Stouch with the lies! Especially describing their own participation and killing of the victim and describing their last moment! I was kind of surprised they did not do victim impact statements whatsoever but so grateful he will never get out
This judge runs a GREAT PROFESSIONAL AND CALM COURTROOM! Thank you for your service to hurry and judge!!! He got EXACTLY what he deserves!!!
Only a narcissist looks down and shakes his head knowingly he murdered his own mother…the very person that gave him life. A disgusting POS.
I could listen to that voice all day long.
What did he expect with that cockamania bull💩 story he told the jury…..wow😆
While he described the assault on his mom he show no emotion, he is not believable.
Don't worry Richard, I will continue the fight to find those 2 monsters who killed your mother, and I won't stop until they are caught!
What's he shaking his head for? The injustice?! 🥱
All that cuz he didn't want to serve the 15year sentence
another evil that must be send to Death Row😈
Have a good day. God bless everyone.
But but. It was an accident.
What a cruel, evil man. Poor mom. She was cooking his favorite meal to comfort him and he MURDERED her before she could finish. What on earth is going on in this world?.😢
The jury foreperson needs to be doing audiobooks.
well…at least he didn't say in his statement: I didn't do it! or I am innocent. His statement is an admission of sorts. Does that bring back the loss of life or erase the tragedy. NO!
This guy is nuts! He thought anyone with common sense would believe his lies? 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ RIP to Mrs. Merritt. She didn’t deserve to die like that!
This Jury had it easy. It was not beyond a reasonable doubt. There was NO DOUBT!! What a NARC MONSTER!