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    Chelsea Lea Richardson - Texas




    Summary of Offense:

    On December 11, 2003, in Tarrant County, Richardson and three co-defendants fatally shot and stabbed Rick Wamsley, 46, and Suzanna Wamsley, 46, in their home.

    Richardson was sentenced to death in May 2005.

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    A TCCA decision denying a direct appeal for Richardson is here:

    An attorney representing death row inmate Chelsea Lea Richardson said he will ask the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reconsider its denial of his request for a new trial.

    "This isn't the end of the road," said Fort Worth attorney David Richards. "If the motion for rehearing fails then I'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court.”

    The appellate court denied Richardson's request today.

    Richardson, 23, was 19 when she helped kill her boyfriend's parents in 2003 so he could inherit a $1.65 million estate. Her boyfriend, Andrew Wamsley, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison.

    Richardson's appeal challenged whether evidence was sufficient to support the conviction.

    Meanwhile, a separate appeal alleging prosecutorial misconduct is also being considered.

    The plotters hoped to divide the estate Wamsley would inherit, according to court documents. They concocted several plans, including one involving balloons of caustic chemicals inserted into the gas tank of the couple's vehicle so it would explode, and bungled two murder attempts. On their third attempt, they fatally shot and stabbed Rick and Suzanna Wamsley in a bloody attack.

    Susana Toledano, another co-defendant, testified that Richardson told her to kill the couple in their home in Mansfield so they could share in the estate. Toledano, 20, pleaded guilty to a murder charge.

    A jury deliberated for just more than two hours before deciding Richardson should die, making her the first woman in Tarrant County to receive a death sentence.

    "In the light most favorable to the verdict, the testimony and evidence at trial showed that Richardson participated in the planning of the murders, aided in the two failed attempts to murder the Wamsleys, and was present during, encouraged, and participated in the final attempt during which the Wamsleys were killed," Judge Michael Keasler wrote in a unanimous ruling.

    The appeal also unsuccessfully questioned whether testimony from a jail inmate who said Richardson implicated herself in the slayings. Other elements of the appeal, also rejected by the court, concerned the constitutionality of the death penalty in Texas.

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    Judge considers whether to remove DA's office from death row appeal

    A state district judge is considering whether to recuse the Tarrant County district attorney's office from the appellate case of death row inmate Chelsea Richardson because of allegations of misconduct by the prosecutor.

    Appellate attorney Bob Ford has alleged that the lead prosecutor on Richardson's case, Mike Parrish, withheld a report from Richardson's defense team and interfered with her attorney-client privilege. Ford's assertion marks the 2nd time that Parrish has been accused of misconduct on a death-penalty case.

    On Friday after a hearing, visiting state District Judge Steven Herod said he will notify the attorneys of his ruling later.

    Richardson, 25, was sentenced to death after being convicted in May 2005 of capital murder in the slayings of her boyfriend's parents, Rick and Suzanna Wamsley of Mansfield. Officials have said Richardson; her boyfriend, Andrew Wamsley; and friend Susana Toledano, killed the couple in 2003 so Andrew Wamsley could inherit his parents’ $1.65 million estate.

    Toledano and Wamsley are serving life sentences.

    Richardson, portrayed as the mastermind in the receive the death penalty.

    Ford, who is Richardson's court-appointed attorney, later filed a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus, which basically alleges that Richardson was illegally convicted because of legal errors and misconduct.

    In previous hearings, Ford alleged that Parrish committed a Brady violation when he failed to turn over Toledano's psychological report to Richardson's defense team. A Brady violation occurs if a prosecutor violates a defendant's constitutional rights by withholding evidence favorable to the defense.

    Ford also contends that Parrish failed to reveal to a judge or a grand jury foreman that he had been indirectly receiving information from her attorney's legal assistant about the case, interfering with her attorney-client privilege.

    On Friday, Ford introduced 2 public documents that outlined Parrish’s problems in another death penalty case.

    In December, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction of Death Row inmate Michael Toney after the Tarrant County district attorney’s office agreed that Parrish failed to turn over to the defense "no less than 14 documents containing exculpatory or impeaching evidence."

    Toney was sentenced to death in 1999 for the 1985 bombing of a Lake Worth trailer that killed 3 people. The evidence that was withheld cast doubt on the accounts of Toney’s ex-wife and former best friend, who were crucial witnesses against him. No physical evidence connected Toney to the bombing.

    Toney's defense attorneys have called the way the case was handled "an egregious" example of misconduct.

    Parrish retired in May 2008, the same month attorneys appealing Toney's conviction took his deposition.

    The district attorney's office voluntarily recused itself from the Toney case, which is now being handled by the Texas attorney general’s office.

    During Richardson's hearing Friday, Mallin argued that the Toney case "was a completely different matter" and is irrelevant to the Richardson case. Ford replied that he could think of "nothing else more relevant."

    A short time later, both sides gave short closing arguments, and Herod, who is from Eastland County, indicated that he will review the evidence and notify the attorneys of his ruling.

    After the hearing, Mallin, who is handling the case with Steve Conder, reiterated that Parrish's behavior in another case is immaterial and that Parrish did not commit a Brady violation in the Richardson case.

    "We don't think he [Ford] has proved that this office has any type of conflict whatsoever," Mallin said.

    Ford, who is hoping to eventually win Richardson a new trial or have her sentence changed to life, pointed out that the district attorney's office agreed that Parrish acted illegally in Toney's case.

    "Nothing can be more relevant than engaging in misconduct and then continuing to engage in the same type of behavior in the Richardson case," he said.

    (source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

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    An Update:

    A state district judge has denied an attorney’s request to recuse the Tarrant County district attorney’s office from the appellate case of Death Row inmate Chelsea Richardson because of allegations of misconduct by a former prosecutor.

    Visiting state District Judge Steven Herod faxed his ruling to both parties but offered no explanation or opinion about his decision. Herod, who is from Eastland County, has traveled to Tarrant County on several occasions for hearings on the issue.

    "I’m in the process of making a decision on what action I’m going to take next," said Bob Ford, Richardson’s appellate attorney. "I need to consult with my client, and she is in the penitentiary. We’ll move on from that point."

    Ford could allow Richardson’s case to proceed or file a writ of mandamus with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals challenging Herod’s ruling. A mandamus is an order from a higher court to a lower court to withdraw a ruling if it is found that the lower court erred or ignored the law.

    Chuck Mallin, chief of the district attorney’s appellate division, said: "We are very pleased with the judge’s order. We are waiting for Bob Ford to make his decision and, once he does, we will go from there."

    Ford had said the lead prosecutor on Richardson’s case, Mike Parrish, withheld a report from Richardson’s defense team and interfered with her attorney-client privilege. It’s the second time that Parrish had been accused of misconduct on a death-penalty case. Parrish retired from the district attorney’s office last year amid the controversy.

    Richardson, 25, was sentenced to death after her conviction in May 2005 of capital murder in the slayings of her boyfriend’s parents, Rick and Suzanna Wamsley of Mansfield. Authorities have said that Richardson, boyfriend Andrew Wamsley and friend Susana Toledano killed the couple in 2003 so Andrew Wamsley could inherit his parents’ $1.65 million estate.

    Toledano and Wamsley are serving life sentences.

    Richardson, portrayed as the mastermind in the crime, became the first Tarrant County woman to receive the death penalty.

    Ford, Richardson’s court-appointed attorney, later filed a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus saying Richardson was illegally convicted because of legal errors and misconduct.

    In previous hearings, Ford said Parrish committed a Brady violation when he failed to turn over Toledano’s psychological report to Richardson’s defense team. A Brady violation occurs when a prosecutor violates a defendant’s constitutional rights by withholding evidence favorable to the defense.

    Ford also says Parrish failed to reveal to a judge or a grand jury foreman that he had been indirectly receiving information from Richardson’s legal assistant about the case, interfering with her attorney-client privilege.

    During the latest hearing in June, Ford introduced two public documents that outlined Parrish’s problems in another death-penalty case. In December, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction of Death Row inmate Michael Toney after the Tarrant County district attorney’s office agreed that Parrish failed to turn over to the defense at least 14 documents containing exculpatory or impeaching evidence.

    Toney was sentenced to death in 1999 for the 1985 bombing of a Lake Worth trailer that killed three people. The withheld evidence cast doubt on the testimony of Toney’s ex-wife and former best friend, who were key witnesses against him. No physical evidence connected Toney to the bombing.

    The district attorney’s office voluntarily recused itself from the Toney case, which is now being handled by the Texas attorney general’s office.

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    Deadline set in Fort Worth woman's death penalty appeal

    FORT WORTH -- Chelsea Richardson, sentenced to death for the 2003 slayings of a Mansfield couple, returned to court in Tarrant County this week as her attorneys argued that prosecutorial misconduct and an inadequate defense led to her conviction.

    After a two-day hearing, Judge Steven Herod of Eastland County ordered prosecutors and Richardson's attorney to file written arguments by Feb. 15 on the final issues in a 3-year-old appellate proceeding.

    Herod, who was appointed to hear the appeal after trial Judge Everett Young stepped aside in 2007, said he will then rule on the allegations of misconduct by former prosecutor Mike Parrish and insufficient assistance of counsel by defense attorneys Warren St. John and Terry Barlow during Richardson's 2005 trial. Richardson, of Fort Worth, and two friends were convicted of killing her boyfriend's parents.

    Richardson's appeal, filed in 2007 by her appellate attorney, Robert Ford, alleges practically identical misconduct by Parrish as that cited by the late Michael Toney, whose death penalty was overturned in late 2008.

    Toney's 1999 conviction was overturned because the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said Parrish failed to turn over at least 14 documents containing evidence that would have helped in his defense in the 1985 bombing deaths of three people.

    The district attorney's office acknowledged that Parrish, who resigned in the middle of the investigation, failed to turn over the documents to Toney's attorneys. They voluntarily recused themselves, and the attorney general's office was handling the case. Toney was released from prison but was killed in a car accident before prosecutors decided whether to retry the case.

    In a series of hearings beginning in September 2007, Ford argued that the district attorney's office should recuse itself in Richardson's case as well. He said the office had a conflict of interest because Parrish was accused of withholding evidence in both cases.

    Prosecutors Chuck Mallin and Steve Conder disagreed. They said that the two cases were not similar and that there was no conflict of interest.

    After hearings over two years, Herod sided with prosecutors, ruling that they did not have to recuse themselves. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals later agreed.

    That set the stage for the final round of hearings this week. The sole issue was whether St. John and Barlow adequately defended Richardson, now 26. Ford questioned whether they should have hired a psychologist and a mitigation expert to help them persuade the jury to sentence Richardson to life in prison, not death by injection.

    But Ford also used the hearing to reiterate testimony from earlier hearings that Parrish had not given them notes from Randy Price, a psychologist who examined one of the co-defendants, Susan Toledano.

    During this week's hearing, Barlow acknowledged that Toledano was the main aggressor, stabbing and shooting Rick and Suzanna Wamsley in their home. But she testified that Richardson was the mastermind of the plot to kill the Wamsleys so that her boyfriend -- their son, Andrew -- could inherit their $1.6 million estate. Toledano and Andrew Wamsley were sentenced to life in prison


    http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/11...#ixzz15BOSt3xH

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    Death sentence will likely change for woman in Mansfield slayings

    Six years ago, convicted killer Chelsea Richardson became the first woman in Tarrant County to be sentenced to death.

    But in all likelihood, Richardson, 27, will soon be leaving Death Row.

    After nearly four years of legal battling, Richardson's appellate attorney and the Tarrant County district attorney's office agreed that the former prosecutor on her case withheld evidence and that she should get a new punishment hearing -- and a life sentence.

    The agreement marks the second time in three years that the district attorney's office has agreed to change the outcome of a death penalty case handled by ex-prosecutor Mike Parrish. In both cases, Parrish -- who retired in 2008 amid the controversy -- committed prosecutorial misconduct by withholding evidence that could have been useful to the defense.

    "This office will not be a party to the infliction of death as a punishment when there is even an appearance of impropriety on the part of a prosecutor who formerly worked in this office," District Attorney Joe Shannon said. "If the death penalty is to be used, it must be obtained legally, fairly and honestly and without the hint of a possible injustice."

    Reached by phone at his home Wednesday, Parrish said he has no problem with Richardson receiving a life sentence but emphatically denied withholding evidence or being untruthful.

    "The thing with Chelsea getting a life sentence, that should have happened a long time ago," Parrish said. "That is probably what is really called for in this case, so I don't have a problem with that at all. I do have a problem with them saying I was untruthful about something."

    This week, Richardson's attorney, Bob Ford, and Assistant District Attorneys Chuck Mallin and Steve Conder submitted a legal document with their agreement to state District Judge Steven Herod of Eastland County, who was appointed to hear the appeal. If Herod agrees with their conclusions, he will make a recommendation to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the only entity that can order a new punishment hearing.

    If the appellate court agrees to the new punishment hearing, both sides then plan to enter into an agreement, and Richardson will receive a life sentence -- a deal that will finally bring the case to a close.

    The slaying

    In May 2005, Richardson received a death sentence after she was convicted of capital murder in the slayings of her boyfriend's parents, Rick and Suzanna Wamsley of Mansfield. Authorities said Richardson; her boyfriend, Andrew Wamsley; and friend Susana Toledano killed the couple in 2003 so Andrew Wamsley could inherit his parents' $1.56 million estate.

    Toledano -- who did most of the shooting and stabbing -- struck a deal with prosecutors and received a life sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to murder and testifying against Wamsley and Richardson. Wamsley went to trial, was convicted of capital murder and received a life sentence. Richardson, portrayed by prosecutors as the mastermind, also took her chances with a jury, who convicted her of capital murder and sentenced her to death.

    In summer 2007, Ford filed a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus alleging that Richardson was illegally convicted and raising nine points of error, including that the trial judge was biased, that her defense attorneys were ineffective and, most notably, that Parrish was dishonest.

    Herod conducted a series of hearings over the next few years. On May 18, each side gave its final summation.

    Defense arguments

    Ford's argument centered on the credibility of Parrish, whom he called a "weasel" and a "certified cheat." Ford argued that Parrish failed to give notes by psychologist Randy Price to Richardson's defense team. Price's notes could have suggested that Toledano, not Richardson, was the mastermind.

    To bolster his argument, Ford reminded Herod about Parrish's misconduct in another case, which prompted the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 2008 to overturn the conviction of Death Row inmate Michael Toney, who had been convicted for a 1995 bombing that killed three people. In that case, the district attorney's office also agreed that Parrish committed prosecutorial misconduct when he failed to turn over to the defense 14 documents containing exculpatory or impeaching evidence.

    Toney was released from prison but died in a car wreck before prosecutors decided whether to retry him. Parrish, meanwhile, received a private reprimand by the State Bar of Texas for his conduct in Toney's case.

    "This just sickens me," Ford told Herod in the latest hearing. "Mr. Parrish should be indicted. ... He's a disgrace to the bench and the bar."

    Prosecutor Mallin told the judge that he was not going to defend Parrish's behavior but said the psychologist's notes -- if Parrish had given them to the defense -- likely would not have changed the outcome of Richardson's trial.

    Writing on the wall

    After the May 18 hearing, Herod said he would consider their arguments and notify the participants of his decision soon. A few days later, however, both sides agreed to work to get Richardson's death sentence changed to life in prison.

    "We fought the fight until we could go no further, when the handwriting was on the wall," Mallin said.

    In the document filed this week, both sides agreed that Parrish had been untruthful about Price's notes, that he should have disclosed them to the defense and that it affected the punishment phase. If Richardson ends up with a life sentence, she will have to serve at least 40 years in prison before she is eligible for parole.

    Parrish said Wednesday that he learned about Price's notes after the trial and that, if he had them, he would have turned them over.

    "I haven't been untruthful about anything," he said.

    Ford said Parrish is lying about not knowing of the notes during the trial.

    "If Randy Price's notes had been turned over when they should have been turned over, there is no way Chelsea Richardson was ever going to receive the death penalty from that jury or any other jury," Ford said. "... I think we reached a just result."

    Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/06...#ixzz1O7j6D1Oh

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    Judge agrees that woman on Death Row should get new sentencing hearing

    A state district judge agreed Friday with an appellate attorney and the Tarrant County district attorney's office that Death Row inmate Chelsea Richardson should get a new punishment hearing.

    Eastland County Judge Steve Herod, who was appointed to hear Richardon's appeal, has signed off on an agreement between the parties that basically says that the former prosecutor on Richardson's case, Mike Parrish, failed to disclose material favorable to her defense. They agreed that the material, if turned over, might have kept Richardson from getting the death penalty.

    Herod has recommended to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that Richardson be given a new punishment hearing.

    If that happens, Richard's attorney, Bob Ford, and the district attorney's office plan to work out a deal in which Richardson, 27, will receive a life sentence for her role in the 2003 slaying of her boyfriend's parents, Rick and Suzanna Wamsley of Mansfield.

    On Wednesday, District Attorney Joe Shannon, who was elected after Parrish retired in 2008, said his office will not be a party to the infliction of the death penalty "when there is even an appearance of impropriety on the part of a prosecutor who formerly worked in this office."

    Authorities said Richardson; her boyfriend, Andrew Wamsley; and friend Susana Toledano killed the Wamsleys in 2003 so Andrew Wamsley could inherit his parents' $1.56 million estate.

    Toledano struck a deal with prosecutors and received a life sentence in exchange for testifying against Wamsley and Richardson. Richardson and Wamsley, meanwhile, turned down prosecutors' plea bargain offer and were each convicted of capital murder in separate trials. Wamsley got a life sentence; Richardson, of Fort Worth, got the death penalty, a first for a woman from Tarrant County.

    During Richardson's appeal, Ford alleged that Parrish committed prosecutorial misconduct by failing to tell the defense about 11 pages of notes taken by Dr. Randy Price, a psychologist who interviewed Toledano at Parrish's request. Ford argued that some of Toledano's statements to Price could have been used to lessen Richardson's culpability.

    After a series of hearings over several years, the district attorney's office agreed with Ford that the notes could have been used to attack the state's theory that Richardson was the mastermind and should have been turned over.

    "The applicant should receive a new punishment trial," the agreement stated.

    On Thursday, Lewis Wamsley, Rick Wamsley's father, said he had mixed feelings about the recent turn of events, saying, "We're not rejoicing; we're not unhappy."

    "I think the thing that irritates me more than anything is that we, as a family, prior to going to court originally, we agreed with the district attorney to make a plea bargain offer to both she and Andrew," Lewis Wamsley said. "They both turned it down and we -- the taxpayers -- have spent tons of money prosecuting the case and we are right off where we were at the very beginning. It could have eliminated a lot of heartache. She had an opportunity and she turned it down and manipulated it around and we're back where we were at the beginning."

    http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/06...#ixzz1OIaokcVt

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    EX PARTE CHELSEA LEA RICHARDSON

    In today's Texas Court of Criminal Appeals opinions, Richardson's application for writ of habeas corpus was granted and the case remanded to the trial court for new punishment proceedings.

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    Appeals court overturns death penalty for Mansfield woman

    FORT WORTH -- After a four-year legal fight, the state's highest criminal court has overturned the death penalty for Chelsea Lee Richardson for her capital murder conviction in the death of her boyfriend's parents in Mansfield.

    The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an opinion today, agreeing with the trial judge that there was misconduct by then-prosecutor Mike Parrish when he withheld key evidence from the defense during the punishment phase of Richardson's trial.

    Her attorney, Robert Ford, said a deal has been reached with the Tarrant County District Attorney's office for Richardson, now 27, to receive a life sentence. Because she will be subject to the penal code that was in place in 2005, when she was convicted, she would be eligible for parole after serving 40 years.

    Richardson and her boyfriend, Andrew Wamsley, were each convicted of capital murder in the death of Rick and Suzanna Wamsley of Mansfield. Wamsley got a life sentence.

    A friend, Susana Toledano, struck a deal with prosecutors and testified against the others in exchange for a life sentence.

    Parrish, who left the district attorney's office in 2008 before current District Attorney Joe Shannon took office, testified that he received a private reprimand from the State Bar of Texas, Ford said.

    Shannon has said he would not participate in inflicting the death penalty in a case "when there is even an appearance of impropriety on the part of a prosecutor who formerly worked in this office."

    http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/11...#ixzz1cZYRpkFO

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    Statement by the family of Rick and Suzy Wamsley

    The family of Rick and Suzy Wamsley, the Mansfield couple slain in their home in 2003, issued the following statement on Tuesday after defendant Chelsea Richardson was officially sentenced to life in prison. Her death sentence had been overturned due to a court's ruling of prosecutorial misconduct:

    On December 11, 2003, Rick and Suzy Wamsley were violently and senselessly murdered in their home in Mansfield, Texas.

    Today, the last of the appeals has been completed, and Chelsea Richardson, Andrew Wamsley, Susana Toledano, and Hilario Cardenas are behind bars and serving their sentences. We, Rick and Suzy’s family, have lived through this nightmare for over 8 years, and with evidence provided to us both before and during the trial, we are 100% confident of the guilt of each of these four criminals.

    Today, the death penalty unanimously imposed by 12 jurors for Chelsea Richardson’s leadership role in the murders of Rick and Suzy has been reduced to life in prison because of a procedural technicality. When apprised by the District Attorney’s Office of the possibility of having to return to court for a new penalty phase and having to relive the details of this tragic night yet again, our family supported the District Attorneys Office’s offer of a plea deal. It is far past time to set this painful event aside.

    Had Chelsea, and Andrew, taken the plea bargain of Life in Prison when offered in July, 2004, our family could have been spared the emotional, physical, and mental toll that has plagued us these past 8 years, not to mention the enormous cost to the citizens (taxpayers) of Tarrant County.

    Even though this phase of the judicial process is over, our agony is not. There is no such thing as closure for such a tragedy. Our family will be reminded of this horror each anniversary of Rick and Suzy’s death, each holiday without them, all of the family celebrations without them. We will relive this nightmare when we fight paroles for first Hilario, then Susana, and finally Andrew and Chelsea.

    We have learned a lot about the judicial system. We learned how involved the process is and that the burden of proof rests on the District Attorney’s Office. We learned that evidence must be so compelling that it convinces 12 jurors beyond a doubt. We learned that IF a guilty verdict is returned, before a death penalty can be imposed, those same 12 jurors must unanimously agree on three questions: 1) Does the defendant constitute a “continuing threat to society?” 2) Were there mitigating circumstances to warrant a sentence of life imprisonment rather than a death sentence? and 3) Could the defendant have “anticipated” that a human life would be taken? That is a total of 4 times that 12 people were in agreement for Chelsea’s sentence. We also learned that those convicted and sentenced to the death penalty have many rights and years of appeals. But it is hard not to wonder, “Where were Rick and Suzy’s rights when they were murdered in their own home for the sole purpose of stealing the proceeds of years of their hard work and planning?”

    These four young people represent one of the worst of human behaviors (greed). But our family experienced some of the best of human behaviors as well. Not only extended family, friends, co-workers, but even complete strangers showed unbelievable compassion, support, and respect. We treasure every kind hug, every kind word, and every kind act and deed. For these, we say thank you.

    It is impossible to mention everyone who touched our lives, but we do want to express our appreciation for the respect and sensitivity shown to our family: the Mansfield Police Department, the Texas Rangers, the FBI, and the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office who worked diligently and tirelessly to bring justice for Rick and Suzy. They involved our family by keeping us informed as much as possible and by helping us forge through the quagmire of two murders and the subsequent proceedings.

    It is heartbreaking to lose loved ones, more so to lose them to murder, and even more to have a member of your family be responsible and to be charged with Capital Murder. However, as citizens of our society, we must abide by the laws of our society. We must realize that people who choose to live outside these laws must be prepared to “pay the price”. Even though these needless murders have had a devastating impact on our family, caused countless sleepless hours, disrupted our lives, and caused us to shed many bitter tears, we are convinced these four defendants did break the law and should have to “pay the price.” We also believe, as a result of these choices, their sentences are fair and justice has been served. Rick and Suzy will never be forgotten, and we pray that they may now rest in peace.

    http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/01...#storylink=cpy

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