Today is also a relevant anniversary for another Texas crime. 41 years ago, indictments were announced against 4 men for a brutal Waco triple murder. These men were wrongly convicted by the office of the same District Attorney who "proved" Henry Lee Lucas wasn't a serial killer. x.com
For an overview of the case, which involves the mother of one defendant getting exculpatory evidence, being murdered soon after, and having two innocent people framed for her murder by the same people who convicted her son, check out this article texasmonthly.com
And also check out a clemency petition filed by one of the other defendants, whose attorneys pleaded him guilty despite being on tape with the DA discussing their client's "ironclad alibi" lakewacotriplemurder.files.wordpress.com
The real perpetrators of the Lake Waco murders were most likely a group of drug dealers who (according to a police report) also dabbled in satanism, which makes the DA's actions in the Lucas case interesting given the Hands of Death story told by Lucas
In fact x.com
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