Mccolm pleads guilty to lesser murder charge
In the Logan County Courthouse in late March, a Texas woman withdraw her plead of not guilty to guilty as she accepted an amended charge of murder in the second degree.
Beverly Mccolm was originally charged with first degree murder in the death of Francis Maurice Byrd, who was found dead in his Guthrie home, located at 1223 East Vilas, with four gunshot wounds to his back on December 10, 2011.
Mccolm, 66, was sentenced to 40 years with the Department of Corrections with the last 30 years to be suspended based upon good behavior. She was also ordered to have no contact with the victim’s family.
Mccolm, who is from Forney, Texas, will be allowed to transfer her supervision to the state of Texas.
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Wow so she could end up with 10 years for murder not much for a human life
If she’s on good behavior she only serves 10 years for shooting this poor man to death?!! How much trouble could she get in . . . She’s over 70! She should never see the light of day again! I’ve never heard of suspending 30 years!
White privelege
So, her so called “white privilege” is to potentially get out when she almost 80 years old? That some “privilege”!
If there REALLY was “white privilege” she wouldn’t have been jailed at all.
She also had the “white privilege” of having $20,000 stolen from her.
If she didn’t want to get out of prison as an 80 year-old, she shouldn’t have murdered in cold blood as a 65 year-old. She brought this upon herself.
Its white privilege because she will most likely spend 10 years for killing a human… Gerry lets get real.
When will people of Color start terminating WHITES? Is that Next?
And if she had killed your brother? mother? or any family member? You’d be fine with 10 years? Well…I guess it takes all kinds.