Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
A state judge has scheduled a June 30 execution for convicted killer
Henry Lee Lucas, who once confessed to a nationwide killing spree then
recanted.
Lucas, 61, was convicted of the 1979 rape and stabbing death of an
unidentified female hitchhiker, dubbed ``orange socks'' for the only
article of clothing she was wearing. Her nude body was found along
Interstate 35 near Georgetown, north of Austin.
State District Judge John Carter of Georgetown today scheduled Lucas
to receive a lethal injection June 30.
Lucas' case has been under appeal since 1990. Attorneys for Lucas
claim he is innocent. They presented evidence in a special hearing
several years ago that they say prove he was not even in Texas when the
woman was killed.
Lucas once claimed to have killed 600 people while hitchhiking across
the country, but a special investigation by Attorney General Jim Mattox
in 1986 showed he could not have committed the crimes.
Lucas later recanted, saying he was trying to embarrass police and
avoid a date with the executioner by helping solve other crimes. In the
meantime, law enforcement authorities in 26 states accepted Lucas'
confessions and closed their files on more than 200 murder cases.
A native of Blacksburg, Va., Lucas began a life of crime in 1960 when
he killed his mother, 74-year-old Viola Lucas, in Michigan. He was in
and out of prisons and mental hospitals until his release in 1970.
Lucas was convicted and sentenced to life in 1984 for the slaying of
15-year-old Becky Powell, his common-law wife, and he was given a 75-
year prison term for the murder of 80-year-old Kate Rich of Ringgold,
Texas.
The movie ``Henry'' was based on Lucas' confessions, which, if true,
would have made him the most prolific serial killer in the nation's
history.
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Kathy E
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