Hughes, who knew Charles through a friend, denied any involvement in her death. However, he made statements while in police custody that implicated him, one of his trial attorneys recalled this week.
"We did what we could with what we had. ... I could say he convicted himself," defense attorney Ellis McCullough said.
But Hughes has insisted he is innocent. "The fact is I didn't kill anyone," he told The Associated Press last month from death row.
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