CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) ― A 22-year-old man accused of killing and dismembering his sexually abusive father will spend three years in prison after pleading guilty in an agreement with prosecutors. Jeremiah Raymond Berry plead guilty to manslaughter and menacing Friday during an emotional court hearing in which family members and attorneys described him as a troubled young man who was the victim of years of abuse. "Jeremiah stopped a cycle of abuse. He's not a cold-blooded killer," said his mother, Rita Gallegos. "His father was a monster, and Jeremiah was a victim." Berry, who cried throughout his sentencing hearing, had been charged with second-degree murder for the February 2008 death of his father, 42-year-old Jack Berry. Jeremiah Berry had faced 48 years in prison if convicted of that charge in Montezuma County. He had previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but doctors concluded during two mental evaluations that he was competent to stand trial. Jeremiah Berry shot his father in the head, and then dismembered his corpse to feed parts of it to coyotes, according to court documents. Authorities said they also found some of Jack Berry's body parts encased in a bucket with concrete. Jeremiah Berry told police he killed his father after his father raped him. He said his father told him that day he had been told by God his son needed a sex change to become his wife. District Attorney Jim Wilson said the plea agreement is an attempt to give Berry "what he needs to be a constructive member of society." "He is a victim just like he is a defendant. He's a troubled young man," Wilson said. Berry's sentence also calls for 10 years of intense supervised probation after his release. Source __________________ uke:
that's so not manslaughter....he has motive..and the way he killed his dad ain't exactly "by accident" or just so happened...boo hoo his dad rapes him...he should've just manned up and told the cops...retaliatory murder is premeditated even if it's not planned out..
The monster daddy is fated to die in the hands of his own son because of his lust and the unnecessary wants from his dirty brain. now it brings back the whole idea of repentance i read from the little sermon booklet i got from the streets...o___O
22 years old and still live with parents .. hmm .. that's just wrong to begin with. if he had suffered years of abuse, he should've moved out the sec he hit 18 or even ask emancipation from his parents at 14-16 .. ok .. if he doesn't know the law or whatever, he can still run away, not like he's chained up or whatever. where was his mom all this time? perhaps i didn't follow the story so i don't know the details but judging from this article alone, his father should've lived to face the consequences of his actions .. ironic now that the son becomes the defendant rather than the victim ..lol
what's wrong with living with parents at 22? im intending to live with my parents and take over hte house puahaha, but then i guess im allowing them to retire and they might retire back to HK i say that it is manslaughter coz he is mentally depressed or basicly gone crazy coz of the abuse, so yeah the motive is definitely nothing to do with it, tbh being raped by your own father is totally wrong and killing him is not a surprising thing, not like i condone killing but he could have done it to other people too (i meant hte father)
perhaps it's the american way .. just wasn't brought up that way .. live with parents after college .. lol i can't imagine what it's like if everyone takes the laws into their own hand .. judicial system established for a reason even though it' s not perfect.
well getting a place of our own is an imporatant thing, "an englishman's home is his own castle" and it brings out the status and wealth of us but to me it aint imporatant so long as u have a roof over your head whether you stay with your parents or not if everyone took the law into their own hands this world would have ended way before King Henry VIII was even born.... yes the law does kind of keep the society going but sometimes people puts their thoughts and wrongdoings first before the consequences that would happen to them-noclue
true about acting before thinking ... can't argue .. but doesn't justify the act though. being on your own is not about status or wealth but PRIVACY. i'd like to go out and come back whenever i want, cook whatever i like, can take whoever home, etc... certain things you can't do living with your parents. basically, we need our own space as we grow older. trust me... you won't live w/ your parents after college ... it's normal if you're away for college ... lol
ive lived away from parents for like a year and hell i loved the freedom but living at home is certainly a lot nicer, that's just my personal preference tho, i like my parents company sometimes maybe coz i dont get a lot of attention from them when i was younger lol also the act cant be justified but some people would agree with what he did though which is pretty normal-sweat
ok .. you win .. lol i guess gals are more vulnerable and emotional when it comes to living on their own.
