Clear & Convincing - State of Texas v. Henry Watkins Skinner

On December 31, 1993, Twila Busby and her sons, Elwin Caler and Randy Busby, were murdered in their home in Pampa, Texas.  Twila was strangled and then bludgeoned with an axe handle.  Elwin and Randy were stabbed to death.  Twila’s live-in boyfriend, Hank Skinner, was in the house, but claimed he was passed out on the couch at the time of the murders.  At around midnight, Elwin stumbled out of the house and collapsed on a neighbor’s porch.  Instead of summoning help, Skinner, wearing blood-stained clothes and socks, left the house and walked 3-1/2 to 4 blocks to the trailer of a former girlfriend and his NA sponsor, Andrea Reed.  In spite of pre-trial DNA test results that bolstered the state’s case against him, Skinner has waged a 25 year campaign to obtain additional DNA testing that he claims would exonerate him.  Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. Central for a discussion of the case against Skinner, his failed post-conviction challenges and the results of post-conviction DNA testing.  We’re a live show and calls are always welcome at (347) 989-1171.