Friday, February 1, 2013

Statement Analysis of Merry Pease Murder

Statement Analysis gets to the truth.  With the show, American Justice, you should be able to watch the show, and listen to the statements and know the truth.

Merry Pease was highlighted on American Justice.  She was convicted of murdering her husband.

She claimed that he shot her, and then turned the gun on himself.  This was 1993.

She was convicted by juries twice and then the state supreme court upheld the murder conviction.

Experts debated the trajectory of the bullet, yet we only needed to listen to Merry Pease' own words to know the truth.


She shot him dead and then shot herself in a non-lethal manner to cover up her murder.  She also stood to gain $400,000 in benefits, including life insurance policy.

An innocent person says often and without sensitivity that she didn't do it.

Experts can bicker about their own expertise, but all we need to do is listen carefully to what the subject says.  "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks" will ultimately get to the truth.

Her statements:

"In my mind, I am innocent."

"I am innocent."

"I just need to tell my story"

"People will know the truth"

"To me, I was innocent, as innocent as innocent can be."

"I lost my husband.  I was a widow. "

"I've shed no man's blood and God knows that"

When she was interviewed originally, she forgot to mention that her husband was an alcoholic and that she suffered abuse. This came up only in the trial.

When asked to take a polygraph, instead of saying, "I told the truth", she relayed a conversation with the police about her Bible.  Here was where she could have said, "I told the truth" but was unable to bring herself to say these words." "He said to me, do you have your Bible?" and went on to quote her conversation with the cop, rather than explain why she failed the polygraph.

She denied domestic violence, but after conviction, she attempted to change her defense to being a victim of domestic violence.  On the stand she said that he had threatened to kill her, himself and the kids.


On and on she went, without once saying, "I didn't shoot my husband."  It is amazing to watch an entire program of having her speak without the ability to say these simple words.

She was convicted twice in his murder, and then it was upheld by the state's supreme court.

Yet, in 2006, she was paroled.

Q.   What was the value of Dennis Pease's life?

A.

46 comments:

JerseyJane said...

I think if he shot her, he would have done overkill.. It is very difficult listening to her, can only imagine his daily dose of her....

Hopefully his children were able to absorb dad's value here on this earth... In hind sight, I'm glad she is blind to it in his life and his death...her rude awakening will come upon her soon, soon....

JerseyJane said...

Been reading more....Children from 1st marriage, trailer, fighting," a hillbilly hot mess"!

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/va-court-of-appeals/1197479.html

Anonymous said...

Lol

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Anonymous said...

http://www.victimsofthestate.org/Name/P2.html

Rose said...

It took very little research for me to discover what THREE pro bono forensic experts determined...
That Dennis indeed committed suiide and it was a tragedy what occurred to Merry Pease. http://truthinjustice.org/pease-evidence.htm

Rose said...

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1998-08-27/news/the-telltale-corpse/
This article gives a great account of what this forensic expert believes happened. I agree. I think she was innocent.

Anonymous said...

I'll take the verdict of two juries of her peers before the opinion of a hired expert.

There's also this;
http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2013/02/statement-analysis-of-merry-pease-murder.html

Anonymous said...

The problem with juries is the natural desire to convict they have. Simply put, it is evolutionary favorable to convict/punish, and it's called Altruistic Punishment. Humans are hard-wired to punish because doing so assures social behavior and thereby success. In short, communities with this trait succeeded. Another slant on this is that if even the possibility of guilt exists, then the community is safer with a conviction (no crimes will occur if an innocent man goes to jail). And Finally, there is the old self-actualization principle. Prosecutors want to be successful, and that means a high prosecution rate.This is why it was so troubling that the prosecutor engaged in egregious tampering, which resulted in the first over-turn. The system is waited heavily to just put people away away.

The guy was drunk, and he disabled her car and telephone the day of his death. There was a violent struggle in the house with torn pillows, and furniture thrown and destroyed. The idea that she then thought about money, and shot him... not for self defense, but for the money. And then she put a bullet through three major organs?

Freedom isn't Free. I would have sent her free. There will always be questions unanswered. The question is whether there is any conceivable way she didn't do it.

Anonymous said...

The gun shown on tv was a single action ruger 357 with 38 caliber bullets. The gun shoots both 357 and 38. The gun shown clearly had 38 Winchester bullets. I believe he could have shot himself twice with the 38 caliber rounds. I know of circumstances where a man has been shot five times with a 38 and lived. By the same token there are also 1 shot kills with 38s. Barney Fife investigating, politics and speculation helped convict her. Sad.

Anonymous said...

The gun shown on tv was a single action ruger 357 with 38 caliber bullets. The gun shoots both 357 and 38. The gun shown clearly had 38 Winchester bullets. I believe he could have shot himself twice with the 38 caliber rounds. I know of circumstances where a man has been shot five times with a 38 and lived. By the same token there are also 1 shot kills with 38s. Barney Fife investigating, politics and speculation helped convict her. Sad.

Anonymous said...

Dont matter now she's already free....my question is who's her next victim!?

just browsing said...

I am loathe to believe anything a D.A. has to say as they concoct their own version of what happened. Strictly their own interpretation of the facts - and they were not there. She sounded innocent to me, but what do I know?

Unknown said...

It's is truly hard to fathom that Dennis was capable of shooting himself twice in the chest. His wife may not have been thinking about money, but she could`ve certainly be contemplating a life of freedom from her abusive spouse. Suicide doesn't sound feasible to me.

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Anonymous said...

The experts did the work PRO BONO, that means they did NOT get paid.

Smdh said...

Your an idiot! Oh yes, experts haven't the slightest clue when compared to untrained idiot civilians who sit on a jury.

Anonymous said...

She was not even crying real tears, and seemed only concerned about her own circumstances, then the crime that was committed, only because she had a large family support did she get such a light sentence, shame

Anonymous said...

i don't believe the veracity of these "pro bono experts" - suspicious since none of them were called at trial

Rubiobrandi said...

Looking at all the evidence of the abuse and the fact that he was drunk, had disabled her car and the phone, she shouldn't have been in prison. I think it's likely that she did shoot him, but not for the money, to end an abusive marriage! The pro Bono experts that reviewed the forensics had a lot of excellent points! It's very possible that he shot himself. Justice was not prevailing in this case and I truly believe that Merry Pease should never have been convicted of murder!

Anonymous said...

A better defense:
He shot me and then set the gun on the counter as he berated me and said he was happy to get rid of me.
I picked up the gun, shot him, and fled the house.
I throw myself on the mercy of the court.

Verdict:
Guilty of manslaughter

Sentence:
6 months community service

Mr.l said...

She deserves to rot in hell....god bless dennis side of the family

Anonymous said...

I feel as though this woman did kill her husband. She was only believably emotional towards the end of the American Justice episode, when she was talking about how the State was on her back for years and how they took her away from her kids. She didn't shed one tear on any of the parts when talking about the relationship she had with Dennis. I have no heaven or hell to put anyone in, but I believe there is a God. I don't believe that her afterlife will be in the Kingdom of God, but in a sea of fire in hell.

Paul Kramer said...

I just watched this episode today on American Justice and completely in alliance with everything you've taken time explaining! Thank Paul R. K.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad she is finally free. As someone who has lived through spousal abuse, my comment to the post about her showing emotion or crying over someone who's been proven a drunk from his autopsy, why should she cry over a drunk bully? This was an abuse of justice. The D.A. made up a story. Why do I say this? That's all D.A.s do. They weren't in the house when this man committed a crime against this woman. They make up stories to fit what they "THINK" happened. This man's ugliness followed this poor woman from the grave. It's over, he can't hurt her anymore.

Lawbot said...

Why is it not feasible to be able to shoot yourself a second time. I know a person who was shot six Times and drove himself to the E.R.Our former Sherrif was shot in the forehead and went after the shooter. Helped catch him. And then served 4 or5 terms as top cop.lol just saying that Dennis shooting himself twice isn't far fetched.

Lawbot said...

Why is it not feasible to be able to shoot yourself a second time. I know a person who was shot six Times and drove himself to the E.R.Our former Sherrif was shot in the forehead and went after the shooter. Helped catch him. And then served 4 or5 terms as top cop.lol just saying that Dennis shooting himself twice isn't far fetched.

Paul Kramer said...

OMG !! Never say never but for her sake hope not Guarantee you she will think twice beforehand rolling the dice for the price on that one again my friend !!! She's got plenty of money maybe instead will see her next on American Greed!!

Lawbot said...

Haha you just contradicted yourself pertaining to heaven and he'll.

Lawbot said...

Ditto

Lawbot said...

Well. Did O.J. Simpson cry?

Lawbot said...

What money? Did I miss something. Last time I checked.You can't collect for being convicted of murder.

Paul Kramer said...

May have American Justice, she received over $400,00.00 plus on his death Also unless your O.J With this said; unless so its likely a possibility you actually can get tried more than twice for the same circumstances in the commission of a crime! Even if it is " Murder " !!!

Unknown said...

"You're ".... ffs don't be an idiot while bashing someone else for being one. Yes, it matters.

Anonymous said...

I truly think she was innocent!!

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JudyMarie said...

When convicted of murder a person does NOT get the insurance money! Think about it Paul! Wow how many more murders would there be should this be the outcome I'm sorry but not in this country!

Unknown said...

Her husband was angry because he thought she was having an affair, he also cut the phone lines and disabled her car beforehand. Also I guess everyone forgot about double jeopardy or used a loophole. First they give her 15 years then 18 years, juries (humans) are reliable as eye witness testimony (humans) which is the #1 reason for wrongful conviction. Point is regardless if she was truly innocent or guilty, the justice system was also at fault for allowing this to go on as long as it did and convicting her so many times.

Prosecution isn't necessarily about the truth it's about convicting and once they went down the rabbit hole with a person you can be sure they're not going to change their mind due to pride & paperwork. You'll see when people have been found innocent later by DNA etc most of the time the prosecutor(s), police and judge involved won't apologize or even admit they were wrong. Some have been proven innocent and not even released! The ones that are don't usually get any compensation for wrongful imprisonment (or poverty level compensation) and the charges aren't expunged! This happens way way more often than you might think.

Check out http://exonerated.org/ & https://www.innocenceproject.org/

Anonymous said...

It is very possible to shoot yourself twicr if it is a 38 his first shot hit his lung. They didn't go into detail about how bad that lung was injured. It could have been a minor injury. The second bullit hit his heart. I feel this was the shot that killed him. I believe Merry is innocent

Anonymous said...

Merry was shot with the biullit going through major organs, damaging them before it exited her body, yet she made her way out the door to save herself so why the disbelief of him shooting himself twice? It's possible isn't it?

Statement Analysis Blog said...

In her mind, she was innocent.

The qualification of innocence is, perhaps, all we need to know the truth.

She recognizes that she is not innocent elsewhere.

Peter

Anonymous said...

Oh his mother was a peach! I'm sorry she lost her son. It's hard to lose a child under any condition but , that snobby ole bitty will swear to the world her little boy could do no wrong and married much below his status in this world. No wonder he was an abusive alcoholic. I've had first hand knowledge of mommies like her. My ex had one. Each time he hurt me, it was never his fault. It had to be mine, after all I breathed so I had to be punished. Unless you have lived in a situation like it, you will never understand. He was the nicest person ever until he got drunk. He nearly killed me a few times And promised he would if I ever left him. I used to ask him to drive to the store for milk or bread just hoping he would be in a fatal crash. I stayed because of fear until I got to a place where I could take no more. I'd rather he killed me than to stay.
I left and divorced him. I had to get an ex-parte order against him but he simply ignored it. For two years he stalked me I knew he would kill me but I now wanted to live. The freedom was so good. He stalked and tried until he met a woman he began a relationship with and finally he stopped stalking me and I was free. Here is what I can't understand about myself. He passed away this year and I miss him. How crazy am I ? But as I said without booze he was a great and he was a sweet loving husband. Each time after he hurt me he would cry and beg and promise it wouldn't ever happen again. I chose to believe. This was all many years ago. Looking back I can see clearly what a fool I was but while in the eye of the hurricane I was blinded by love And stupidity Girls don't waste the best years waiting for the big change-it ain't gonna happen I promise. As I'm writing this I think of the miracle of my life. I always thought my death would be at his hands.

Ramona said...

I Am so glad she was released. Living in a small town where everyone knows you and most are related you don't have a chance and then the mentally/ education of the justice/police can be so prejudice one can not receive a fair trail. I pray she does ok and her life filled with joy and God and good people around her.

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#justice4theinnocent♥️ said...

I just watched this case on A&E Mary is totally innocent!

Scat14757 said...

Thank you for posting this. Poor woman has been thru enough