Poor Ricci. He was falsely accused by the Smarts, died in prison, and Ed Smart goes on TV with a Sheet eating grin on his face, and says something like "Well, ya know, mistakes were made. We are sorry about that"...
Think they might want to include Ricci's wife in the profits from the Movie? His name should be mentioned...hummmm?
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good point. i doubt they will tho...that could be construed as admitting somesort of fault or culpability...to paraphrase Dennis Prager "it's a shame when people think legally instead of morally". Why is it that nothing about this case is heartening...except for the fact that Elizabeth was returned alive and well?
According to police documents, Richard Ricci admitted breaking into a house in the Smarts' Salt Lake City neighborhood in April 2001, and also admitted stealing some things from the Smarts' home in a separate incident.
There were people sleeping in the house at the time of the break-in at a home in the Smarts' neighborhood, according to the charges filed Thursday, and Ricci allegedly woke up a houseguest as he was looking for things to take.
Because Ricci has a criminal record stretching back 29 years and is currently on parole for a conviction for the attempted homicide of a police officer, he has been deemed a habitual criminal and all of the charges have been enhanced to first-degree felonies, Salt Lake County District Attorney David Yocom said. A conviction on any of the charges could result in a sentence of up to life in prison for Ricci, Yocom said.
They didn't pick him out of soccer practice and accuse him, he seemed a pretty logical suspect. Yea, he was innocent of this one, but he tried to kill a cop! Still feel sorry for him?