Born into extreme poverty and abuse, Lucas was a one-eyed drifter with a violent history.
Many of Lucas's confessions were proven false via DNA evidence or documented proof that he was elsewhere. [LE] Lucas Men
He was definitively convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and two other people in 1983, including the "Orange Socks" victim in Texas. Born into extreme poverty and abuse, Lucas was
Although sentenced to death, then-Governor George W. Bush commuted his sentence to life in prison in 1998 due to deep doubts about the validity of the confession. Death and Legacy Born into extreme poverty and abuse