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5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Stay of Execution for Anthony Bartee

Post author By Kristin
Post date May 3, 2012
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Ninety minutes after he was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection in Huntsville, Anthony Bartee learned that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had declined to […]

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Recent Developments in Hank Skinner’s Request for DNA Testing

Post author By Kristin
Post date October 26, 2011
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Hank Skinner faces execution on November 9, 2011 despite the fact that key pieces of DNA evidence that were collected from the crime scene in 1993 have never been tested. […]

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Hank Skinner Files Motion for DNA Testing

Post author By Kristin
Post date September 6, 2011

Today, attorneys for Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner issued the following press release regarding a new motion for DNA testing under a state law that went into effect on […]

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News Coverage of Supreme Court Stay of Hank Skinner’s Execution

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date March 25, 2010

An hour before he was sentenced to die yesterday, Hank Skinner received a stay of execution by the U.S. Supreme Court. The stay was a temporary halting of the execution […]