Then there was Richard Sharpe (here in Beverly)...dermatologist cross-dresser who murdered his wife. Convicted (applause broke out in courtroom when sentenced). Life without parole.
>>"I loved Karen," he cried as his lawyer, Joseph Balliro Sr., and several bailiffs tried to shush him. Straining toward the camera lenses, he yelled, "I'm sorry for what happened. I loved Karen." For the victim's family and prosecutors, the outburst was just more evidence the controlling, manipulative personality that fatally shot the 44-year-old mother of three as she stood in her foyer July 14, 2000... Kathleen Lembo, Karen Sharpe's sister, gave a victim impact statement to the judge.
"How could you say you love somebody that you murdered," an incredulous Kathleen Lembo, Karen Sharpe's sister, asked outside the courthouse. "I'm sure he has all kinds of agendas, but it's not something we're going to concern ourselves with."