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4: Faced with Death Three Times - The Trials of Timothy Hennis, NC · Shades of Murder

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episode description below. Please be forewarned that each
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episode contains specific and at times, very graphic and
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disturbing details of the case. It may not be intended for all.
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Chances there are cases in the history of criminal law which
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have deep and genuine impacts on the legal process and which
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reflect are complicated and not always see transparent and clear
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cut Judicial System, the prosecution of this brutal.
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Triple murder would have a powerful influence on what is
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permitted in a court of law. This case affected how
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prosecutors present evidence and heightened awareness to issues
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of eyewitness. Reliability it also pointed to
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Spotlight the controversial loophole within the double
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jeopardy. Claws of our Constitution which
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our system ignores when it comes to the military.
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The case of Timothy Hennis is one of these rare legal gems,
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Fayetteville North Carolina is Infamous for being the home of
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Fort Bragg the largest u.s. army base.
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Unfortunately, it is also well known for its extensive string
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of homicides, rapes suicides, domestic violence drug
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overdoses, and missing soldiers, which too often go unsolved.
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This case, took more than two decades to stake.
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Its claim that truth and justice It on May 10th 1985 in
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Fayetteville, North Carolina. A young mother would be raped
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and killed. And her two small daughters
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brutally stabbed to death while her infinitely.
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Screaming alone. In a crib, thankfully unharmed
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two days would pass when neighbors became concerned and
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found it alarming. That neither Catherine he's
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born. Nor her three young girls have
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been seen since Thursday evening.
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They knocked and rang the doorbell repeatedly, but no one
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answered the door. One of them believe that they
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heard the sounds of an infant crying inside.
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Which led them to calling the sheriff's department, who came
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around to conduct a wellness check.
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When the deputy sheriff arrived on the scene, he also tried
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incessantly to reach the Dwellers inside the home.
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But there was no response upon walking around the house and
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hopes of spotting an open-door winter.
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The officer saw baby inside standing up words, screaming in
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her crib, immediately, the officer cut the screen and
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pulled the child to safety handing her off to a neighbor
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who is standing by upon entering the house.
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The deputy discovered in the parents, Drew the deceased nude,
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body of Catherine eastburn with her jeans and underwear on the
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floor, which had been cut off her body, her three-year-old
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daughter Erin was lying next to her.
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Both of them dead on the carpet. The victims chest had been
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slashed several times with a knife part of the little girl's
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face and chest had been covered up with pillows and so was her
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mother's face entering the second bedroom.
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The officer discovered the body of five year, old Cara lying,
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upon her bed, her chest, and side had been stabbed multiple
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times, and there was a blanket and put Parliament, been placed
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over her face, Katherine eastburn and her young daughters
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Aaron and Cara had died from numerous stab, wounds, and
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addition to a large gash, which been made across each of their
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necks, it was painfully obvious that they had tried to thwart
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their attacker with wounds indicative of Defense.
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Catherine eastburns risk have been tied with some kind of
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ligature and tests showed that she had been sexually active
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with an hour's of dying. Catherine, eastburns husband,
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Captain Gary eastburn was on an army base in Alabama, at the The
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murders he would later tell investigators that when he
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called his wife and kids on Saturday morning, as was the
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routine to chat every Saturday morning, he was immediately
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concerned when he cannot reach them prior to the neighbors who
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called the police that Sunday when the bodies have been
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discovered, Gary eastburn had made calls to the police and
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military personnel who checked on the home multiple times.
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Without any response several witnesses gave testimony as to
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their seen a white Chevy Chevette or similar model of
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vehicle on that Thursday evening when the family Unless been
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seeing this was the same vehicle.
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That would later be discovered to have been driven by the
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defendant, the defendant of his own accord willingly shared how
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he had visited. The eastburn family's home a few
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days earlier in an answer to an ad for someone to care for their
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elderly dog. They had decided find a new home
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for him since the family was relocating soon to an army base
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in England, and they felt that the required quarantine period
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would be too much for him to endure.
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Timothy Hennis told the investigators how he met
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Catherine eastburn at her house and adopted their dog.
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Another eyewitness claimed that they saw the defendant Bernie
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things, inside a barrel in his backyard other neighbors
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corroborated that they had seen the defendant burn things in the
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barrel at other times prior to the murders analysis of the
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debris found in the barrel. Would indicate several types of
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material found including a t-shirt towels sheets and small
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amounts of paper at the crime scene.
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It was discovered that. Towels sheets and the like we're
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missing from the residence. The evidence in the case against
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Timothy Hennis was strictly circumstantial.
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None of the physical evidence gathered at the crime scene,
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included fingerprints. A solo Caucasian pubic hair
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bloodstains. Nor the sperm that have been
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collected had any definitive match to the defendant.
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Of course, this error was pre-dna.
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So some of it was not capable of being tested.
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At least not with any level of accuracy, the prosecution, based
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the case upon the island. Is testimony of a neighbor who
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claimed to have spotted a tall white man in jeans, wearing a
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knit cap on his head and a members only jacket.
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This man was spotted walking down the victims.
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Driveway at 3:30 a.m. that Friday, morning holding a large
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plastic garbage. Sack this fit the description of
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Timothy Hennis eyewitness. Testimony is the number one
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reason wrongful convictions occur.
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A 2008 study conducted on the reliability of such testimony
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revealed The more than 40 percent of wrongful convictions,
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have resulted from the steak and identity.
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Let us Ponder upon this for a moment of all of the innocent
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people who are wrongfully sent to prison and have their lives
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and the lives of their loved ones, ultimately destroyed by
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the criminal justice system are there because they were mistaken
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for someone else yet. Jury's, Place more weight upon
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eyewitness testimony than any other source of evidence for
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some reason, people believe that their eyes Eyes and other's eyes
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do not lie to them further. It was found that most of these
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wrongful convictions via eyewitness testimony are from
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the direct experience with show up, identifications, studies
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show that the procedures and some individuals within law
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enforcement have been known to help paint an image of a suspect
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and provide the eyewitness with feedback during a suspect lineup
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or photo array. It is not legally enforced but
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it is highly recommended. The police department's show an
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It's one potential suspect at a time with individual photos of
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the person, instead of them all in a group, it is also suggested
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to prevent misidentifications that police officer stress.
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The fact that the perpetrator may or may not be included in
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these photographs are lineups. Most citizens just assume that
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it has to be one of the individuals that are being
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shown, whether in a photo array or lineup.
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And due to this misunderstanding, there are many
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innocent people People who are pointed out for committing a
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crime because they resemble the suspect more than the others do.
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On a personal note, I've had such an experience, the local
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police officers. Who handled my photo array
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conducted. Did it in the way that is
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misleading and potentially disastrous?
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Which I have just described I was handed a printout of around
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eight similar-looking, perpetrators all put together on
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the same piece of paper. Never once was I told The person
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may or may not be included in this group.
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Composite sketches are also prone to unintentionally direct
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eyewitness. All of these which are known as
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system. Variables can cause the
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eyewitness to mutate their own memories to fit.
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The narrative studies on memory have shown that there are highly
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unreliable and often shift and Decay with time issues, such as
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trauma and stress, the character of the witness such as their
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age, and emotional state, and the distance.
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The lighting of the environment are all examples estimator
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variables, these all can impact the reliability of eyewitness.
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Testimony, suffice it to say that for those of us who have
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been witnesses to trauma to ourselves or to others.
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These elements, all Impact, how we remember the event?
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It is easy for memories to become intertwined with other
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events become warped, over time with extra details or become
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vague and blur to us yet again. I reiterate that for some reason
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eyewitness. Testimony is often the strongest
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evidence presented by a prosecution used against a
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defendant and that which a jury too often places their final
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decision upon. In this case, the prosecution's
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key eyewitness later revised, the man's built to better fit.
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Within the description of Timothy Hennis who was taller
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and larger than the original description.
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He had offered police. Another critical eye witness to
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the prosecution alleged, that she saw someone who looked like
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the defendant near the bank on the Saturday.
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After the murders, it was later. Discovered that the victims card
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had been used at an ATM. And that the person had
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withdrawn $150 each on two separate occasions prosecutors
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use Timothy Hennis has financial situation being that he was
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behind around $300 on his rent to create a connection to his
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use of the ATM card. However, when initially asked,
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by investigators in late, June early July after the murders,
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whether she saw anyone near the bank that morning, the woman
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claimed she had not the next April, she suddenly remembered
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having seen someone. And when she saw Timothy Hennis
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in a photo lineup, she even admitted to the police that she
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wasn't 100% sure whether she remembered him from the bank or
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because she had seen his photo. In the newspaper, in July 1986,
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the trial of Timothy Hennis for triple capital murder would
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begin. The legal system of North
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Carolina would be forever impacted by the gratuitous usage
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of photographs presented as evidence for the prosecution.
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These images displayed, at the trial of Timothy Hennis,
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included the crime scene and the condition of the victims, bodies
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by the forensic, pathologist the prosecution had initially
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attempted to introduce. New trial, a total of 99
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photographs which were requested to be prohibited by the defense
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or that. Only one photo per victim.
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Be permitted upon close review of the photographic evidence.
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The trial court decided to allow 35 of the photographs to be made
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into slides. The state was then permitted per
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authority of the trial court to project these disturbing and
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graphic images. These Photographs were three
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feet and 10 inches by five feet and 6 inches.
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On a screen that was specially created for its purpose, Place
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side by side, they were presented to the jury projected
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directly above the defendants head.
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These photographs were used to support and paint a scene by the
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deputy sheriff, the paramedic, and by forensic Pathologists and
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testimony for the prosecution. These 35 images.
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Were also printed in eight-by-ten, glossy and passed
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around one by one to each member of the jury.
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This stage of the state's case depict, a gruesome, very Vivid
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and extreme details of the wounds, and of the victims
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protruding organs from the process of decomposition, these
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images of the young wife and mother and her two daughters who
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are butchered and their home. Including pictures of one of the
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victims whose neck was slit from ear to ear.
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So severely that she was almost decapitated this Isis took well
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over an hour although the trial judge did address the jury to
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only consider this evidence as a tool to illustrate the different
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witness testimony. That was offered the prosecution
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slideshow had successfully completed.
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Its act in July 1986, the jury and Natomas Lee returned after
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only three hours of deliberation with a verdict of guilty.
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They recommended the death penalty which Judge would later,
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agree and sentence. The defendant Timothy Hennis to
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death. This extreme use of visually
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emotive and manipulative. Portrayal of evidence is, what
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would later lead an appellate court to rule in favor of
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Timothy Hennis in 1988, the Supreme Court of North Carolina
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would concur that his constitutional rights had been
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violated as the use of these images deprive the defendant of
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a fair trial Rule 403 of the North Carolina Rules of
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Evidence, which governs the admissibility of evidence in a
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criminal court States. Although relevant evidence may
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be excluded. If it's probative value is
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substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair, Prejudice,
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confusion of the issues, or misleading, the jury, or by
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considerations of undue delay, waste of time or needless
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presentation of cumulative evidence.
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As addressed by the Supreme Court of North Carolina and the
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case of State versus Robinson photographs which are repulsive
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grotesque and downright, hideous are all allowed to be admitted
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as evidence. So long as they are used for
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their intended, purpose, such a purpose would be to illustrate
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testimony. The circumstances surrounding
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the homicide and the elements of the degree of murder.
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They are not utilized to induce emotions of the jury.
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The court acknowledged that Such photographic evidence is
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excessive and a repetitious, the evidence does not hold the same
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value because of its potential to Prejudice the jury.
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This can prevent the jury from being able to fairly and
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rationally, interpret the facts of the case because their
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judgment is emotionally entangled with the inflammatory
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evidence. This of course, is up to the
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discretion of the individual trial court, the amount and type
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a photographic evidence can vary wildly As Told.
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To what may be deemed acceptable within the bounds of
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illustration versus evidence, which is considered excessive
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extreme and not fulfilling its purpose.
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In the case of Timothy Hennis, the court found that of the 35
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photographs. 26 of them did not fulfill any purpose by the state
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except to ignite emotion in the jury.
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They also declared that their repetition and my calmness was
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highlighted by the presentation in which they were shown.
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Since they were projected above the head of the defendant.
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This most likely exacerbated, the already present Prejudice.
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That was felt by the jury towards the defendant, the
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court. Also further declared that the
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manner and time it took the state to hand out each
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photograph, one by one to the jury members was also redundant
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and prejudicial to this decision held by the majority Timothy
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Hennis was granted a new trial. At his new trial, the defense
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counsel obliterated, the prosecution by exposing the
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gaping holes. The first trial had successfully
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concealed, the neighbor, the state's star witness, who had
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claimed. He saw the defendant walking
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down the street and the early hours of that Friday morning
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after the murders would have taken place, he had testified
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that the skies were clear that night which supported how he
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could clearly see the man later identified by him as Timothy
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Hennis. However, another Our eyewitness
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stated that it was overcast that night, then another witness came
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forward. John RuPaul, whose physical
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appearance was eerily similar to that of the defendant, he
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shared, how he dealt with insomnia and would frequently
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walk around the neighborhood at 3 a.m. in a beanie and a members
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only jacket which fit the exact physical description, including
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the clothing of the person, the neighbor reportedly had seen In
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April 1989, a jury this time, found Timothy Hennis to be
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innocent. He was acquitted of the three
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murders. He'd been previously convicted
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and sentenced to death for and 2006 more than 20 years.
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After Timothy Hennis was initially convicted on three
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counts of Murder in the first degree and then was later
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acquitted. Yet another Twist of his fate
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would surface. DNA, which had not been
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available as an investigative tool in the 1980s had greatly
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Advanced by 2006 and results. Now, showed a direct connection
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with him to the murders. The sperm collected from Timothy
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Hennis, was found to be near statistical certainty to the
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specimen collected from the body of Catherine eastburn, you may
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be wondering. Well, either way, you can't be
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brought back to court and charged with murder when you
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have already been acquitted. Or can you enter the US
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military? The official loophole of the
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double jeopardy, clause in our Constitution, which was designed
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to protect its citizens, from being tried.
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Subsequently for the same crime, Double Jeopardy is covered under
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the Fifth Amendment of our US Constitution.
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The amendment defines, how an individual cannot be resent to a
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criminal trial for the same offense.
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Once Jeopardy has been attached and that they cannot receive
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multiple punishments for the same offense.
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Jeopardy is attached in several ways.
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It can be attached. Once a person has been sworn in
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during a jury trial, or when the first witness has been sworn in
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at a bench trial, which is a type of trial.
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That is Solely by a judge. It can also be attached during
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delinquency cases once the proceedings have begun the same
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offense or crime is defined as having the same course of
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conduct. And the same elements of course
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there are exceptions to the rule.
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These include hung juries when a jury cannot come to a unanimous
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verdict and mistrial. Which is always at the request
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of the defense or a reversal of conviction such as when Timothy,
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Hennis has conviction was overturned on appeal to which he
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was granted a new trial. Breaches a plea agreements
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whether from the defense, or prosecution can also be an
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exception to the rule of Double Jeopardy.
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This is described as what can be considered a breach of contract.
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This is when the defense and the prosecution have entered into an
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agreement, with the play of the defendant has already been
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established with set terms. If either side goes against this
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and does not honor their contract with the other party,
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this can result in an exception being made.
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The last exception are separate sovereigns or different
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municipalities, which hold that criminal prosecutions can be
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held by both the federal government and the state in
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which the crime occurred against the same individual for the same
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conduct. For example, if a serial killer
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has victims across different states, each state can charge
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them with the crimes that occurred within their
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jurisdiction. In addition, to there being
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charged by the Federal Criminal system.
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So, hypothetically a defendant could face and go to trial with
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the exact same. Charges for the same offenses in
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California, New Mexico, and Georgia.
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In addition to a federal court, however, it is rarely followed
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suit in this matter. And most of the time one state
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or more will defer to another, the same rules regarding
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jurisdiction. Also, apply to the military
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Court versus civilian Court. The military court is viewed and
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treated as being a totally separate legal system from
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civilian Criminal Court each with their own rules
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regulations. And Codes of conduct Timothy
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Hennis had re-enlisted in the US Army after being acquitted in
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1989 and a retired after a long successful military career in
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2004 as a master sergeant. However, once the DNA revealed
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the direct link to Timothy Hennis the US Army were called
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him to active duty so that the Military Tribunal could charge
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him under their own jurisdiction.
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For the murders of Catherine, Aaron and Cara, Timothy Hennis.
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Tempted to explain the presence of his DNA found on the victim's
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Body by confessing that he and Katherine eastburn.
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Had consensual sex, that same night of the murder.
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This newly confessed information, did not assist him.
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If he had his in his defense, in 2007, the court, martial and its
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members decided to uphold his original conviction.
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They sentenced Timothy Hennis to dishonorable discharge inflicted
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the forfeiture of his pay and allowances.
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Has reduced him to the great of E1 and sentence him to death to
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which the convening authority of the Military Tribunal approved.
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And the CCA, which is the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed.
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Timothy Hennis did everything imaginable to fight this
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sentence with more than 40 alleged violations, against his
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rights filed, one of the more pronounced and relevant to this
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discussion. Was that there was a lack of
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jurisdiction. He argued.
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The since he was not enlisted during his acquittal, his forced
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re-enlistment by the Army. Negated the rights of the
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court-martial of subject matter, jurisdiction, the court, martial
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denied that there was ever a break in service because he had
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to be initially discharged in order to re-enlist on March 6,
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2020. The United States Court of
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military appeals, upheld his conviction.
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Timothy Hennis currently sits on death, I throw in solitary
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confinement at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas.
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But his defense counsel remains invested in his one last chance
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at an appeal here is where some of the evidence that was never
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presented? Becomes interesting.
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To me, the purpose of its exclusion at either military
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trial is very bizarre and troubling Timothy Hennis,
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asserted that the military judge denied him to present a defense.
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He was not permitted to call upon three Witnesses.
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The first one, someone with the initials whh was a neighbor of
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the victims. The defendant alleged that this
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person had scratches on their face within the same timeframe
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of the murders and fit the same description of the man who was
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seen leaving the Eastern residents.
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This man also refused to help law enforcement at the time of
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the investigation he refused to provide Any hair samples
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fingerprints nor his handwriting when it was requested?
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The second witness was a woman named Mary krang's who was
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willing to testify that this aforementioned man whom she
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worked with and it briefly dated had scratches on his face within
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the timeframe of the triple homicide.
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She also said that he had inconsistent statements
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regarding these scratches and even more alarming.
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He abruptly asked for a transfer from their Mutual.
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Employer to a different town soon after the murders.
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The third witness was this potential suspects roommate
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Garry Staley. If he had been allowed to
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provide testimony, he would have attested to the fact that he
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owned a light-colored van similar to the one parked near
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the eastburns home. On the night, the family was
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killed his roommate wwh had access and keys to this fam.
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The CCA however declared that the appellant did not establish
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his burden of proof to show the relevance and necessity of these
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eyewitnesses and the testimony they could offer.
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How would the exact description of their available?
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Testimony not established. The appellants burden of proof
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when it provided a strong alternative suspect and to
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Reliable witnesses to support this Theory.
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Timothy Hennis, also argued that he was wrongly denied the It's
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of a forensic serologist and crime-scene analysts to review
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the totality of the evidence that was collected at the crime
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scene. If the analysis would have been
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conducted, there was a possibility that the presence of
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a third party. Someone other than the appellant
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was present at the location of the murders.
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And any related items could have been tested.
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Timothy Hahn has also claimed that there were senior members
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of the military who comprise the court who's dissipation had led
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him to not have an affair trial. One member, he claimed was
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openly prejudice against him and another member who only
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considered the death penalty is a viable sentence for the crimes
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committed. There was also the baffling
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matter of a letter from an unknown and mysterious source
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that was sent to Timothy Hennis. While he sat on death row, the
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letter alleged that they were the person who committed the
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crime, the person confessed that they had.
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The eastburn wife and her two daughters, and that they were
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sorry. He was doing the time for it.
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Signing the letter as quote, unquote mr.
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X. They also acknowledged that they
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would be far away from North Carolina.
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By the time he read it, Major Matt Scott and army, Jag
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attorney who worked for the prosecution, convey to death row
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stories that the DNA found on the body of mrs.
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Catherine, eastburn was without a doubt, the individual who
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raped her and murdered her and her two daughters.
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However, ahead hair which did not belong to Timothy Hennis,
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nor anyone else in the family was collected on the eastburns
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bed, but it was never tested DNA was also found underneath
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Catherine eastburns fingernails, but this evidence was also never
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tested to be analyzed, although I cannot deny the analysis of
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the DNA that was found on Catherine Eastman's body.
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The block 2, Timothy Hennis. There are other elements of the
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case which should not be Ignored, if truth and Justice
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are to Prevail first of all. For some reason, the idea that
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Timothy Hennis and Catherine eastburn had a casual sexual
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encounter, seems to be Beyond, Preposterous to the prosecution.
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But why? There are countless military
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spouses who are lonely, sexually frustrated and reach out to
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others for sexual gratification and Company.
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It is also completely reasonable.
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Why at the time Timothy Hennis had omitted this pertinent
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information from the negation due to the fact that he himself
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was married and had a small child hypothetically, why would
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this scenario not have been in the realm of possibility?
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Is it? Because that would depict the
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victim and a poor light since women who are sexually,
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proactive and independent are often labeled sluts and Whores
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by the patriarchy especially during the 1980s and even still
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by some people in 2023. What about the potential suspect
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whose face was scratched? Which possibly indicating
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defensive wounds in the DNA that was found underneath her.
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Fingernails, why was this individual not more aggressively
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pursued to collect their fingernails hair and DNA?
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When they refuse to provide them for elimination to me?
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This is one of those cases where there are far too many questions
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left unanswered. Timothy Hennis seem to fit the
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mold of the profile, built around the perpetrator, the
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district attorney, and then later than Military Tribunal,
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You know, were determined almost help it to make Timothy Hennis,
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pay for these crimes. Even with all of the damning
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evidence offered by his defense, which had acquitted him. 20
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years prior, and then later what he would attempt to present at
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his military trial, it's still cannot save him while Timothy
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Hennis. It's out his days and nights in
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solitary confinement on death row.
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I cannot help. But wonder what if there is
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someone out there who sits out their days and nights free
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Basking to themselves about how they got away with being the
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true murderer of the eastburn. Family, I'm interested to know
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your thoughts on this case. Do you think there should be
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limitations on what Visual Evidence can be presented to a
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jury? Do you think the military got
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it, right? And that the convicted Timothy
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Hennis is where he deserves to be.
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Is there a possibility that this became a Witch Hunt against him
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for unknown reasons? And that all of their motives
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and Shal suspects were crossed off the list, so that he would
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be punished. No matter who actually committed
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the murders. There are countless stories of
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the wrongfully convicted on our country, with the discrepancies
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and eyewitness, testimony that evidence that was neglected and
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never tested. The strong potential leads of
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another perpetrator that were ultimately ignored.
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It is difficult to, not wonder if Justice was we met when his
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conviction was upheld, it will be fascinating to see if the US
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Supreme Court ever takes up his case or not.
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And if Timothy Hennis once again becomes an anomaly of the
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