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Texas Monthly: The Science of Murder

By "Persian Cowboy"

Someone killed Melissa Trotter and dumped her body in the Sam Houston National Forest. But according to six forensic experts, that someone was not Larry Swearingen. Michael Hall of Texas Monthly reports:Innocent men in prison often have two things in common. They stubbornly refuse to plead guilty, even if it means a reduced sentence or freedom. And they never quit trying to prove their innocence, whether it?s by writing letters to lawyers and journalists, filing writs on their own, or just camping out in the prison library studying law books or anything else that could help their cases. The wrongly convicted never give in, and they never give up. Larry Swearingen, an eight-year resident of Texas?s death row, is almost certainly a member of this unhappy group...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on January 24, 2009 (boomark / email).