# Why Did Kouri Richins Use Her Sentencing to Tell Her Kids the Murder Was a Lie?

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Podcast: [True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948)
Published: 2026-05-21T19:00:00+00:00
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She could have expressed remorse. She could have asked for mercy. She could have addressed even one thing her children described — the locked rooms, the dead animals, the fear that she'd come for them if released. Instead, Kouri Richins used forty-five minutes of courtroom time to tell her sons that the murder of their father is "an absolute lie" and that they've been "influenced" into believing it happened. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott examines the speech on True Crime Today. The repeated instruction to "be like your dad." The simultaneous admission of infidelity and the claim that "our love never failed." The request for her children to ask their caregivers for her letters. The jury dismissed as "eight strangers." And the final line — never apologize for something you didn't do — delivered from the defense table in a jail uniform as coaching for three boys who may carry those words for decades. Shavaun explains what the speech reveals, what it does to the children it was aimed at, and why the private messages tell a different story than the public tears. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #KouriRichins #EricRich…

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