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 ››
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The medical examiner who performed the autopsies.
The Force of Attack
Hank Skinner had an injury in his right hand which would have rendered him incapable of performing such an attack on any date remotely near that of the murders. #justice4hank
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 ››