Sitton claimed his comments were sarcastic and part of his "dark humor. Sitton that it is hard to conceive of any reason why a lawyer, any lawyer, would offer instructions on how to commit murder and stage a concocted defense," the opinion states.
The court suspended his license for four years, with one year on active suspension and the rest on probation. Sitton's license was previously suspended in August for not paying professional taxes, according to court documents.
He hasn't yet sought reinstatement, but must first undergo training on ethical social media practices. Reach Brinley Hineman at bhineman tennessean. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville lawyer suspended after posting advice on how to make murder look like self-defense. Many crime victims or families of crime victims believe that there is nothing more that can be done outside of the criminal case.
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In February, Merritt was set to begin a year prison sentence for defrauding clients when he cut off his ankle monitor and vanished. Someone bludgeoned and stabbed her to death.
For more than two years, the FOX 5 I-Team investigated how more than a dozen victims said well-known Cobb county attorney Richard Merritt stole their settlement checks after handling their personal injury lawsuits. I felt violated. Richard Parker entered the plea Tuesday in Wilson County Criminal Court in a deal that calls for him to serve life in prison without parole.
CBS affiliate WTVF reports the deal allows Parker, who is either 49 or 50, to avoid the death penalty, which prosecutors had filed to seek in the event the case went to trial. Parker is the son-in-law of Jon and Marion Setzer , who were killed at their house on February 10 when they plugged in the lamp that was in a package left on their porch by Parker.
He lived directly behind them in rural Wilson County, which is about 30 miles east of Nashville. The blast killed year-old Jon Setzer, a retired lawyer. His wife, year-old Marion Setzer, later died at a Nashville hospital from her injuries.
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