Category Archives: General

The Palmar Injury – Unchallenged Misleading Testimony

District Attorney John Mann successfully attempted to solicit purely speculative incriminating testimony at trial from Dr. Elizabeth Peacock (State's pathologist). In doing so, Mann was attempting to introduce witness "evidence" based on assumption, not proven fact. Presiding judge, Judge Sims overruled a defense objection to this prosecution tactic. Steven C. Losch, Attorney at … Continue Reading ››

Codeine Allergy

After arrest, Hank was taken to a hospital where he gave blood samples. The tests run on these samples provided startling results. They indicated a blood alcohol level, at the time of the murders, of 0.21%. The samples were taken six and a half hours after the alleged time of the murders and … Continue Reading ››

Sheriff Stubblefield’s Bias

Clearly, the nature of the investigation into the murders of Twila Busby and her two sons was stacked heavily against Hank Skinner. It is the contention of many that the catalyst for this blinkered and prejudicial approach was none other than the Gray County Sheriff himself, Randy Stubblefield. After examining affidavits and police … Continue Reading ››

The Rape Kit Evidence

It seems there was valid cause for investigating Robert Donnell as a possible suspect in the murders, and this investigation could have been significantly advanced by the forensic examination of evidence readily available from the bodies of the victims, including rape kit samples taken from the body of Twila Busby. Whether these tests … Continue Reading ››

Blood and Print Evidence

There was a massive amount of evidence available in the form of potential murder weapons, blood spatter evidence and hand and fingerprints. Careful testing of this evidence could have eliminated Hank Skinner from the murder enquiries and perhaps even provided an indication as to who the attacker actually was. Yet the state experts … Continue Reading ››