Texas Death Row Prisoner Seeks New Trial, Citing Conviction Based on Flawed Hypnosis Evidence | Death Penalty Information Center

Texas Death Row Prisoner Seeks New Trial, Citing Conviction Based on Flawed Hypnosis Evidence | Death Penalty Information Center

Charles Flores (pic­tured) was con­vict­ed and sen­tenced to death in 1999 for the 1998 rob­bery and mur­der of Elizabeth ​“Betty” Black in her Texas home. Mr. Flores was con­vict­ed because of the tes­ti­mo­ny of Jill Barganier, the victim’s neigh­bor, who only iden­ti­fied Mr. Flores after being hyp­no­tized by police. No DNA or phys­i­cal evi­dence con­nects Mr. Flores to the crime. Attorneys for Mr. Flores argue that he should be grant­ed a …