Johnny Frank Garrett// Wrongful Conviction? (part 2)
In 1982, 18-year-old Johnny Frank Garrett is given the death sentence for the rape and murder
of Sister Tadea Benz. With little hope for an appeal, and with declining mental health, Johnny
Garrett awaits his execution. However, the truth has a way of outing and in time many facts
surrounding this case will be brought to light. Potential coverups, shoddy investigative
techniques, inadequate defense, and questionable expert testimonies are all called into
question. The most important question though is what value is given to a life that may have
been wrongfully taken by the State?
GALLERY
“Perhaps the most troubling part of the
story was when the sisters had told Bishop
Mathieson that Johnny Garrett had helped
them to move furniture in and out of the
convent and onto a moving truck. In the
process he was in all of the Sister’s
bedrooms, touching multiple pieces of
furniture. This occurred just before Sister
Tadea’s murder. Bishop Leroy Matthison
claimed that neither he nor any of the nuns
were ever questioned about Johnny’s visits to
the convent. One of Garrett's lawyers was
asked about his knowledge of these events.
Not surprisingly neither he nor his
counterpart had discovered this
information before the original trial. It was
information that could have been easily
uncovered if the defence team had bothered
to conduct routine interviews.”
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