Harold’s application represents his last throw of the dice as his appeals have been rejected at every level. Therefore, I am requesting a re-trial with representation from an ethical attorney.”
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It is not right or fair to be defended in a murder trial by someone being dishonest or deceptive for their own personal advantage. “He was not working on my behalf but misled me only for his financial gain. Harold added that Truman prevented him from contributing to the defense strategy. Henthorn referred to Truman as a fraud whose purpose was to extort him. Harold petitioned for a new trial citing ‘ineffective assistance of counsel.’ He claimed that he paid attorney Craig Truman over a million dollars, but Truman ‘acted in his own self-interest and put his personal financial gain ahead of conducting a solid defense for me.’ Henthorn petitioned for a new trial claiming that his lawyer sabotaged him The X sealed Harold’s conviction, as he couldn’t explain why he’d marked that spot. Perhaps the most damning evidence was a map by Harold that contained an X at the location where Toni died. They found that Harold hiked the fateful trail two weeks before Toni’s death, possibly scouring for the best place to stage her murder.ĭespite Harold’s claims that he tried to resuscitate Toni, the coroner found no evidence of it: Her lipstick remained in place, which ruled out Harold’s alleged attempts at mouth to mouth, and her anterior ribs showed no signs of the alleged chest compressions that Harold performed. Investigators refused to rule Toni’s death an accident – they wouldn’t repeat a mistake they’d made 17 years prior. It’s hard to ignore the similarities between Toni’s and Sandra’s demises: Harold was the only witness, he gave conflicting accounts of the deaths, Henthorn swiftly cremated their bodies and scattered the ashes on Red mountain, and he gained or stood to gain financially from their deaths. “This case presents us with the difficult issue of whether a district court presiding over a murder trial abused its discretion in admitting evidence of prior, similar incidents, including whether the defendant killed his second wife in circumstances similar to those that led to the death of his first wife.”
The Appeal’s court found no fault in the District court’s admission of the evidence. Prosecutors used Sandra’s death to point out the similarities between hers and Toni’s deaths. The US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Harold’s assertion that the District Judge erred in admitting evidence from Sandra Henthorn’s death. “Today’s conviction means that Harold Henthorn will never hurt or kill another woman,” assistant US attorney Bob Troyer said. “Instead, he will likely spend the rest of his natural life in a prison cell.” Henthorn has little chance of appealing his trial or conviction after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his case. He will likely remain in the federal prison system for the rest of his life. Harold is imprisoned in a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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