Robert Anthony Buell
The next two cases on my agenda to put together are very similar. They both pertain to the murders of young girls, but they also both show how easily an innocent person can be convicted when there are those out there determined they are the perpetrators. I have spoken recently about cases in which from a legal standard are not necessarily “solved” because there has not been a conviction in a court of law. When it comes to the case of twelve year old Tina Harmon, two men actually were convicted and sentenced to life but those convictions were reversed and the two men were set free. The actual perpetrator was never officially charged with her death. Robert Anthony Buell was executed in September of 2002 for the murder of another young girl, eleven year old Krista Lee Harrison. And, while at the time of his death, despite not being charge, there was a universal belief that he was the murderer of Tina Harmon. Buell went to the execution chamber protesting his innocenc...