Trial and conviction of Charles Flores
Charles Don Flores was convicted of the 1998 murder of 64-year-old Elizabeth "Betty" Black in Farmers Branch, Texas, United States. Flores didn't shoot Black, but received the death sentence under Texas law for being an accomplice, despite not matching the description of the accomplice, and despite having an alibi. Someone else later confessed to the shooting. Flores' conviction relied on testimony from Black's neighbor, Jill Barganier, whose account changed after undergoing forensic hypnosis. Testimony obtained by hypnosis was banned in the state of Texas in 2023, however the law did not apply retroactively. Barganier had been unable to identify Flores in a photo lineup before her hypnosis. In 2000, Richard Lynn Childs confessed to murdering Black and was sentenced to 35 years in prison; he was released on parole in 2016. Flores was never accused of pulling the trigger, but was convicted under the law of parties. No physical or DNA evidence has tied Flores to the murder, and he has maintained...
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