Ep. 108 - Halloween Convent Murder: The Murder of Sister Tadea Benz

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On Halloween 1981, a killer snuck into the St. Francis Convent in Amarillo, TX, and viciously murdered a nun named Sister Tadea Benz. The police arrested 17-year-old Johnny Frank Garrett, and the court convicted him of murder. Years after his execution, people are still protesting his innocence. Did Texas execute an innocent man (again)?

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https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1991/14992-02-4.html 

https://casetext.com/case/garrett-v-state-78 

https://www.newschannel10.com/story/15894338/halloween-murder-reserected-30-years-later/

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-drove-johnny-frank-garrett-to-rape-murder-nun-in-1981#:~:text=Johnny%20Frank%20Garrett%20was%20convicted,the%20time%20of%20the%20murder. 

https://www.usccb.org/resources/statement-bishops-texas-death-penalty-january-1992

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/26/Nuns-who-found-Sister-Tadea-Benz-dead-in-her/3024399182400/ 

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Attorney-seeks-to-clear-name-of-executed-killer-8966014.php 

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2022/04/26/katie-quackenbush-accused-shooting-homeless-nashville-man-trial/7244456001/ 

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https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Man-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-45-years-for-1981-8547291.php