According to an investigation by the Houston Chronicle, 12 of the last 13 defendants sentenced to death in Harris County have been African American. The 13th death sentence was handed […]
Year: 2011
repost from NCADP November 11, 2011. Veteran’s Day. It has been two decades since I retired from the United States Army, completing a career of twenty-seven years (1964-1991). It is […]
More than 60 prominent civil rights leaders, faith leaders, elected officials, and former presidents of the American Bar Association are calling upon Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos to provide […]
We just received confirmation that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) has issued a stay of execution for Hank Skinner. The order from the CCA states that “the Texas Code […]
Today, November 7, 2011, attorneys for Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner appealed to Governor Rick Perry to use his authority to grant a one-time, 30-day reprieve so that Skinner “can obtain the DNA testing that he has pursued for more than a decade, and which could resolve once and for all longstanding and troubling questions about the reliability of the verdict in his case.”
Today we learned that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of Duane Buck, who was scheduled to be executed on September 15, 2011. Here’s a statement […]
Among the many voices calling for DNA testing for Hank Skinner is Danny Stewart, who served as the jury foreman in the original trial. Read a letter to the editor […]
On Friday, November 4, 2011, attorneys for Hank Skinner filed a motion in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Statement from Attorney for Hank Skinner Regarding the filing today of […]