In 1991, a young college student named Anita Byington was brutally murdered in
Austin, Texas. A man named Allen Andre Causey was tried and convicted of the
murder, based largely on his confession to police. Causey was paroled recently.
But the Innocence Project of Texas took on the case, believing that he was
factually innocent of the crime and that he deserved to be exonerated. The
Travis County Prosecutor's Office agreed with their assessment, and legal
proceedings have been going on this year around Causey's exoneration.
But Anita's cousin Kristina Byington is pushing back. She feels that Causey is
guilty of the crime, and she has criticized the Travis County Prosecutor's
Office for leaving her in the dark and working too closely with Causey's team.
Today, we will speak to Kristina. Tomorrow, we will hear from the other side
when we interview the Innocence Project of Texas, a group of attorneys who
strongly feel Causey is innocent and that another man killed Anita all those
years ago.
Allen Andrew Causey's confession:
https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/third-court-of-appeals/1994/6229.html
Kristina's Facebook group advocating against the Travis County Prosecutor's
Office: https://www.facebook.com/groups/396731979507482
Kristina's Medium article on her cousin's case:
https://medium.com/@kristinabyington/anita-byingtons-murder-and-the-travis-county-da-s-pursuit-to-pervert-justice-d182e0279a0b
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