https://wvtm13.com/article/richard-scrushy-wrongful-conviction-alabama-siegelman/64058063
created by stinky-weaselteets on 06/03/2025 at 17:53 UTC
36 upvotes, 15 top-level comments (showing 15)
Comment by prbobo at 06/03/2025 at 18:32 UTC
45 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Richard, no one has thought about you in 20 years and we've all been better for it. Now, how bout you scurry back to the hole you came out of?
Comment by dave_campbell at 06/03/2025 at 18:20 UTC
29 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Pardons are for sale now, all he needs to do is buy some rump coin and leave a tip.
Comment by Economy_Major_8242 at 06/03/2025 at 22:34 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Scrushy should have been imprisoned for the charges in his first federal trial for defrauding shareholders and customers at Healthsouth. Incredible how Donald Watkins manipulated the jury pool to get him acquitted there, in my opinion of course. We do all remember Donald Watkins, right ? He's a guy fighting to stay out of federal prison .. or have they convicted and sentenced him yet ? Can't keep up. Either way this guy is no victim. He's the perpetrator.
Comment by Wander_Kitty at 06/03/2025 at 19:09 UTC
17 upvotes, 3 direct replies
This is a really fascinating podcast on the whole thing. Don Siegelman was the one to get hosed, not this douche. Shut up, Dick.
https://swindledpodcast.com/podcast/86-the-wagon/
Comment by Darrow187 at 06/03/2025 at 20:45 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
He's still alive?
Comment by JennJayBee at 07/03/2025 at 00:44 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Of all the words I've used to describe Richard Scrushy, including several I can't use in polite company, "victim" is certainly not one of them.
Comment by coolishmom at 07/03/2025 at 02:23 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I didn't have Richard Scrushy popping back up on my 2025 bingo card
Comment by 2mnydgs at 07/03/2025 at 00:13 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It took him 20 years to manufacture something.
Comment by K_Rich_2022 at 07/03/2025 at 02:16 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I remember my dad watching the stocks plummet (which was his entire employee retirement plan at Healthsouth). Scrushy should use some of the money he squirreled away in off shore accounts to repay all of those employees. But he deserves no pardons and is definitely the furthest thing from a victim.
Comment by perry147 at 07/03/2025 at 17:10 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I bet if someone investigated his finances they would find many offshore accounts and non reported income.
Comment by simonthecat33 at 07/03/2025 at 05:59 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I think this situation is similar to the OJ situation. He was found not guilty of falsifying the books at Healthsouth when numerous employees testified to his involvement. So perhaps being convicted later was a make up call.
Comment by Dorsai56 at 07/03/2025 at 18:44 UTC*
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah, good luck with that. Even Trump won't pardon your sorry ass.
edit: Scratch that. They were federal charges, so if he buys a million dollars in Trump crypto coins a pardon will be right out.
Comment by Mammoth_Cheek6078 at 07/03/2025 at 19:46 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLZZZZZZZ, Poor victim, whine some more. 🙄
Comment by thecrowtoldme at 08/03/2025 at 00:34 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
OH PLEASE.
Comment by w00t4me at 08/03/2025 at 02:35 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I was a health south shareholder who managed to get a settlement check for a grand total of 17 cents. The cost to mail it was more than that.