In this photo taken Wednesday, March 6, 2019 in Raleigh, N.C. Heather Allen holds a photo of her father, Lee Wayne Hunt, from his memorial. Even though Lee Wayne Hunt died as a prisoner found guilty of a double murder, his family says he never gave up hope of proving his innocence.
Hunt, 59, died alone Feb. 13 at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, where he had been taken about a week earlier for treatment of heart problems, his daughter, Heather Allen, told the AP. Prison officials didn’t tell Hunt’s relatives that he’d been moved from Maury Correctional Institution to the hospital until the family got word he had died, Allen said. He’d spent more than half his life in state prisons.
Hunt’s supporters were certain the lack of physical evidence, along with Cashwell’s posthumously released confession, would eventually free him in the murder case. Hughes, now 67, kept Cashwell’s confession secret because of attorney-client privilege until after Cashwell died by suicide in prison in 2002. Hughes signed an affidavit for Hunt’s attorneys in 2004. When Hughes came forward at a hearing for Hunt in 2007, the judge admonished him and reported him to the State Bar, which declined to take action against him.“He completely understood the situation I was in,” Hughes said. “He bore me no ill will.
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