Judge Wood s 1979 slaying by Charles Harrelson was crime of the century
The convicted hitman was the father of actor Woody Harrelson.
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1of12Charles Harrelson under arrest in 1982 for the slaying of federal judge John Wood.Express-News file photoShow MoreShow Less
2of12U.S. District Judge John H. Wood was assassinated in San Antonio May 29, 1979, by Charles Harrelson.FILE PHOTOShow MoreShow Less
3of12Charles Harrelson, arrives at the U.S. Courthouse in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday morning, September 28, 1982, to begin the trial for the May 1979 murder of Federal Judge John H. Wood, Jr.( AP PHOTO/ STEVE KRAUSS)STEVE KRAUSS, STR / ASSOCIATED PRESSShow MoreShow Less
Charles Harrelson’s mugshot from May 1960. (Image from Murderpedia via Courthouse News)
SAN ANTONIO (CN) An eyewitness who testified at the 1980s murder trial of hitman Charles Harrelson claims in a federal lawsuit that the Spotify-distributed podcast “Son of a Hitman” manipulated her interview to sensationalize the 10-episode show, while hiding the involvement of Harrelson’s two sons who, along with their actor brother Woody Harrelson, have long cast doubt on their father’s guilt.
Dr. Chrysanthe Parker, an inactive Texas attorney who holds multiple certified health care degrees and now testifies at trials as an expert witness in the field of post-traumatic stress disorder, says in her lawsuit that the podcast’s host used less than five minutes of her 90-minute interview to unfairly portray her as “a very unusual witness” who was complicit in a scheme to convict Harrelson with fabricated evidence, supposedly obtained through her hypnosis.