#268 Maggie Freleng with Hank Skinner

Wrongful Conviction

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True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On New Year’s Eve 1993 in Pampa, TX., Hank Skinner fell asleep early on his couch after being rendered comatose from a cocktail of vodka, xanax and codeine. His girlfriend at the time, Twila Busby, left for a party, and when she returned, she and her two sons were bludgeoned and stabbed to death. Law enforcement knew Hank from his work in civil rights and he soon became a suspect. Despite clear evidence that Hank was incapacitated at the time of the killings and therefore incapable of committing these murders, Hank was convicted and sentenced to death in 1995. Maggie speaks to Hank Skinner, Rob Owen Esq. Hank's attorney, and Sandrine Skinner his wife. To learn more and get involved, visit: https://justice4hank.org/help/ https://justice4hank.org/help/get-involved/ https://justice4hank.org/help/donate/ Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1.

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0:00.0	Maggie, what did you take away from your recent visit to death row? Was there
0:05.9	something surprising or, you know, was it kind of what you expected? I mean I
0:12.9	think I was surprised that the person I was visiting is still in good
0:17.3	spirits after having multiple stays of execution being within 20 minutes of
0:23.0	being killed by the state having that last meal. The fact that he's can still
0:29.9	smile, make jokes, be excited for life still. I don't even know how to put it
0:36.1	into words the way that it made me feel, but it think it made me feel like so
0:40.4	many of my problems in a daily basis are so insignificant and I think that was
0:45.2	just so. The willpower is amazing.
0:51.1	Well, it takes us crazy and they've tried to kill me five times. So I believe
1:00.6	that they're very serious about that, but I think with the evidence we have now
1:05.8	that there's no way they're going to have to let me go and they're going to have
1:11.3	to acknowledge that I'm innocent. I don't see any other way.
1:16.5	From Lava for Good, this is Rumpville conviction with Maggie Freeling. Today,
1:22.4	Hank Skinner.
1:33.5	On December 31st, 1993, 31-year-old Hank Skinner was pre-gaming for a New
1:40.0	Year's Eve party. He was with his girlfriend of seven months, 41-year-old
1:44.2	Twyla Busby and her two adult children Scooter and Randy. Hank passed out
1:50.7	before 10 p.m. from a potent combination of vodka, coding, and Xanax. Despite his
1:56.6	condition, Twyla left for the party without him. When she returned, she was
2:00.8	strangled and bludgeoned to death. Her two sons were stabbed to death. Hank was
2:06.6	the sole survivor and was instantly the prime suspect. Despite evidence that
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