Cocky killers who thought they could fool juries and judges Their lies in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary failed to convince anyone 18:00, 27 FEB 2021 Updated The pain felt by the loved ones of murder victims is unimaginable. Nothing can be worse than having someone you cherish torn from your life in the most brutal of circumstances and gone forever. But remorseless killers often add insult to injury by making grieving families endure the ordeal of sitting through trials and having to listen to their self-serving excuses in court. Sometimes the lies told are so desperate that it is hard to believe even the person telling them believes they have a chance of conning a jury.