Category: forensic science

News Sources Continue to Call for Additional Time for DNA Testing in Skinner’s Looming Execution

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date March 23, 2010

After the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Hank Skinner’s request for a reprieve, the death row inmate now has only two avenues in which to plead his case […]

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Last Minute Appeal for Additional DNA Testing on Behalf of Hank Skinner

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date March 17, 2010

As the March 24, 2010 execution date for Hank Skinner approaches, Skinner’s defense team has made a last minute appeal for additional DNA testing of forensic evidence found at the […]

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Judge Speaks Out Against Court Flaws

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date February 12, 2010

In recent years the flaws of both forensic science and the criminal justice system in Texas have come under fire. Retired Judge H. Lee Sarokin, writing for the Huffington Post, […]

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Texas Tribune Article on Hank Skinner-Part 2

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date January 29, 2010

In the second part of Brandi Grissom’s Texas Tribune article “Case Open” (January 29, 2010) a closer look at the impending execution of Hank Skinner is examined. The article focuses […]

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Texas Tribune Article on Hank Skinner

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date January 28, 2010

Hank Skinner is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on February 24th, 2010, wrongly so according to the 47-year-old inmate. Brandi Grissom of the Texas Tribune wrote […]