Dallas Morning News
By Tod Robberson
December 2, 2014
The family of elderly murder victim Marjorie Nugent sent a letter Monday to the prosecutor in the case, Panola County District Attorney Danny Buck Davidson, asking that he recuse himself from appearing before the court for the convicted murderer’s new sentencing hearing. If Davidson doesn’t recuse himself, it’s a near certainty that murderer Bernie Tiede, whose exploits were portrayed sympathetically in the 2011 film Bernie, will remain free despite having received a life sentence for the 1996 murder.