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he came home empty handed hoping that buckner would eventually change his mind. the retrial of timothy hennis began on january 27th, 1989, almost four years after the brutal murders of gary eastburn s wife and daughters. the state had a re-trial, but the defense had an entirely different case. we were going to drill him and film him and let him watch it. did you kill these three people? no, i did not kill these people. i have a daughter of my own, and i could not hurt any children at all. did you do this crime? no, i did not. and we felt that if he showed rage or emotion, the jury would say, there, you see, he could get to this point. how does this all make you feel? extremely upset and angry. on cross-examination, the prosecutor confronted hennis ....
One of the jurors said that they got in the jury room and laughed at her. and now it was time for richard to go after the state s star witness, pat cone. after some soul searching shawn buckner agreed to testify against his old friend. he said that pat cone was extremely drunk that night, and in addition to that, he had doubts about what he saw. and patrick had told shawn buckner that he felt like he was sending an innocent man to prison. but richardson knew he had to answer one last question. in the back of their minds, the jury is saying that the kid saw something, and if it weren t your client, who was it? so, he called the next witness. the back doors opened and everybody turned around and the prosecutor said, who is that? that is as close to a perry mason moment as i have had. and the lead detective looked and said, we are in trouble. color is a beautiful thing, i know, i know. ....
Didn t do it. you were hearing rumors like that. and billy goes to the sheriff s department and he has to pretend that he is investigating another case, because if it was this case, it would have set off bells and whistles. and sure enough, the wallet belonged to a fellow named shawn buckner. it belonged to a friend of pat cone, the star witness. the letter called his testimony into question. that letter called his testimony into doubts. it told his fiance about doubts, and to the point they wrote each other a letter about it. so richardson flew to louisiana where he was in training with the air force, but when he got there, buckner closed the door in his face. he did not want to get involved. he had to decide whether or not to betray his friend and help someone wrongly accused of a triple murder. and shawn buckner had no reason to help tim hennis. richardson came home empty ....
And the letter said that tim didn t do it. and you were hearing rumors like that. and billy goes to the sheriff s department and he has to pretend that he is investigating another case, because if it was this case, it would have set off bells and whistles. and sure enough, the wallet belonged to a fellow named shawn buckner. it belonged to a friend of pat cone, the star witness. the letter called his testimony into question. that letter called his testimony into doubts. it told his fiance about doubts, and to the point they wrote each other a letter about it. so richardson flew to louisiana where he was in training with the air force, but when he got there, buckner closed the door in his face. he did not want to get involved. he had to decide whether or ....
it was the longest 3 1/2 minutes. why would the killer wait 3 1/2 minutes until someone sees him. one of the jurors said that they got in the jury room and laughed at her. and now it was time for richard to go after the state s star witness pat cone. after some soul searching shawn buckner agreed to testify against his old friend. he said that pat cone was extremely drunk that night, and in addition to that, he had doubts about what he saw. and patrick had told shawn buckner that he felt like he was sending an innocent man to prison. but richardson knew he had to answer one last question. in the back of their minds, the jury is saying that the kid saw something, and if it weren t your client, who would it be? ....