The Jury Convicted Kouri Richins in Under Three Hours

Three hours. That’s how long a jury of eight took to convict Kouri Richins on every single charge — aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery, and two counts of insurance fraud. In the final installment of our definitive series, we examine what made the prosecution’s circumstantial case so overwhelming that the defense rested without a single witness. No medical expert. No financial analyst. No character witness. No one. We trace Prosecutor Bloodworth’s closing argument and the devastating simplicity with which he reduced a complex case to a single transaction: buy insurance, commit murder, file claim. We cover the defe...