By Mrs. Eileen Hunter — about the author.
Clarence Kennedy testified that exactly one other person was present when he allegedly overheard Tony Hunter’s confession through the Pod 10 window: Jody Rucks, asleep on the bunk above him. Rucks was never called at trial. In 2022, he swore an affidavit — now transcribed in full: “I was approached by Vacarra Comanche and asked to join a scheme… Comanche asked me to lie… I told them both that I would not be willing to lie about this.”
On the sleeping: “I slept as lightly as I ever had… I would, and could never have slept through an argument loud enough to be heard through the window in that area.” On Kennedy’s account of him: “That is a lie, just like the lie that Vacarra Comanche asked me to tell.” He swears he does not know Tony Hunter and volunteered freely. (Affidavit of Jody Rucks, 2022, Exhibit C.)
The other half: no court has held a hearing on this affidavit; the application presenting it was denied. It is sworn, it is specific, and it has never been tested — which is the point of the hearing this case keeps requesting. (The Kennedy file.)
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