The attorney for Robert Springsteen, one of the wrongfully convicted men, said her client maintained his innocence from the very beginning. But when he was convicted and sentenced to death row, she said he lost all hope.
“He lost hope that the real killer would ever be found and [placed] in the criminal justice system,” Amber Farrelly said.
Family members, attorneys and supporters gathered in the courtroom as arguments and testimony revisited the case’s complicated history. The anticipated exonerations could bring a new chapter to a case that has long raised questions about evidence, convictions and justice in Austin.