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Larry Swearingen. Sentenced for the rape and murder of Melissa Trotter in 1998. No firm evidence to say he did it. The body was discovered a few weeks after death and it is possible that Swearingen was actually in jail at the time of the murder, for some car parking offences. There's some dispute over how long her body had been lying before discovery. She had blood specks under her nails that isn't hers and isn't Larry's either. That's undisputed. 2 or 3 people know the truth - the deceased, Swearingen himself and, if he's innocent, the real killer. You know me, I'm more on the right-side of the spectrum, but I wouldn't advocate this as a case for the death penalty.
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What was the evidence against him?
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surely in any civilised country you would have establish and question the person who's blood it is under her nails before any further action can be condoned.
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have to*
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There must have been evidence to convict him. Would also like to know how the blood under her nails was explained away.
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The 19-year-old was last seen leaving her community college in Conroe, and her body was found nearly a month later in a forest near Huntsville, about 70 miles north of Houston.
Prosecutors said they stand behind the “mountain of evidence” used to convict Swearingen in 2000. They described him as a sociopath with a criminal history of violence against women and said he tried to get a fellow death row inmate to take credit for his crime. Swearingen killed Trotter because he was angry that she had stood him up for a date. At the time of Trotter’s killing, Swearingen was under indictment for kidnapping a former fiancée. Swearingen has long tried to cast doubt on the evidence used to convict him, particularly claims by prosecution experts that Trotter’s body had been in the woods for 25 days. Rytting said at least five defense experts concluded that her body was there for no more than 14 days, and because Swearingen had already been arrested by then, he couldn’t have left her body there. Rytting maintains that a piece of pantyhose used to strangle Trotter was not a match to a piece found in Swearingen’s trailer. He also disputes prosecution experts’ claims dismissing blood found in Trotter’s fingernail shavings, saying the blood, which was determined to not be Swearingen’s, supports the defense theory that someone else killed her. In letters sent to Swearingen’s attorneys in July and August, the Texas Department of Public Safety said its technicians should not have been as definitive in their testimony about the blood found in the fingernails and the pantyhose match. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week turned down Swearingen’s challenge to the blood evidence and pantyhose match, citing the “mountain of evidence” that “seals Swearingen’s guilt for Trotter’s murder.” Blackburn said Swearingen has tried to get people to lie in order to give him an alibi. After his arrest, Swearingen got another inmate to write a letter Swearingen composed in Spanish that professed to be from the real killer and had it sent to his attorney. In 2017, Swearingen and another death row inmate, Anthony Shore, concocted a plan to get Shore to take responsibility for Trotter’s killing. Shore was executed last year. “Hopefully we are one step closer to giving (Trotter’s family) that justice that they’ve so long waited for,” Blackburn said. KHOU reports that Trotter’s parents are expected to witness Swearingen’s execution in Huntsville. |
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Body of Evidence: Larry Swearingen.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S10AuXvhqco |
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‘Could they whack me? Absolutely......
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/I-refuse-to-accept-this-as-my-fate-Larry-14366702.php |
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas - Larry Ray Swearingen's sixth request for a stay of his execution was denied Friday, according to authorities.
Swearingen's execution is scheduled for Wednesday. He has avoided lethal injection five times. |
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The circumstantial evidence outweighs the science. Some statement.
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is CNN covering it
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On Wednesday evening, the Supreme Court turned down Swearingen's final appeal.
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how many does he get?
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aw diddums, has your wheel broke |
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2½/10 (generous)
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Mouse stop spoiling threads please.
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I've been chased around on a few threads by a drama queen today, it's only fair that I fire a few back.
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if you believe that Mr Bula, you would believe hamster is compos mentis
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Believe which clause?
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Compos mentis may be a matter of opinion, but there's a clear record that I've been stalked by a drama queen today.
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Compos Mentis is not an accusation I would make.
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prove it
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& post your 1st insult on each topic while you're at it
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A capable detective would trace it back to an aside about taking one's football off the field.
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A capable psychiatrist would be interested in why that was the tipping point.
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mouse muldoon • August 21, 2019 11:37 PM BST
What's more, it looks like they have now recruited Baphony. that was his 1st post on tobes topic, when he thought i wasn't about |
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You lost the plot several hours before that, dear boy.
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You were talking to one "Mr Trilby" on the horse racing forum, which he does not frequent.
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when did you post the 5k challenge hamster? You have been sniping me for weeks; i decided to respond yesterday because i was bored. Liars need excellent memories
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If it's up there I'll give you the money myself.
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in response to your derogatory pic 6 minutes earlier; so remind me who's been been stalking who?
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in fact it looks like you have lost your wheel on that particular topic; the one you've just gone back to
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Derogatory?
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2½/10 (generous)
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in response to your derogatory pic 6 minutes earlier; so remind me who's been been stalking who?
You were talking to Trilby in a response to a derogatory pic, even though you know he wasn't on that forum? |
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you need to keep track of time, hammy then you will notice something
i can see you're trying to ruin another topic, so i will let you follow me to another one |
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Now why would a compos mentus person do that?
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On Wednesday night, the courts all turned down his final claims and the 48-year-old Montgomery County man met his end on the gurney in Huntsville. He took his final breath at 6:47 p.m., becoming the fourth man executed this year in the Lone Star State.
“Lord forgive ’em,” he said. “They don’t know what they’re doing.” His eyes screwed shut, he began narrating his own death: “Can taste it,” he said, before describing a burning in his right arm. “I don’t feel anything in the left,” he said. At 6:35, he began snoring. Twelve minutes later, he died. |
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Now why would a compos mentus person do that?
ie talk to Trilby on a forum he wasn't on? |
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The condemned man’s lawyers repeatedly decried the case as a wrongful conviction built on “junk science” and circumstantial evidence that they say left behind unanswered questions about everything from the expert testimony to cellphone forensics.
“They may put Larry Swearingen under,” said Houston-based attorney James Rytting said before the execution. “But his case is not going to die.” |