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Interview with Dr. Protess, advocate of additional DNA testing for Hank Skinner

On February 16, 2010 Dr. Protess, a professor at Northwest University and the director of the Medill Innocence Project, spoke with Rachael Clark of the Houston Independent Media Center regarding […]

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Skinner Execution Delayed Until March 24

Hank Skinner’s execution has been delayed for one month, based on a technical error with the execution warrant. Here is a statement from his attorney, Rob Owen: For Immediate Release […]

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Judge Speaks Out Against Court Flaws

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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Petition for DNA testing in Hank Skinner case

The upcoming execution of Hank Skinner has sparked various campaigns asking for clemency before Skinner’s scheduled February 24, 2010 execution date. One such campaign is an online petition through change.org […]

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Urgent Action: Clemency Campaign for henry "Hank" Skinner

Hank Skinner is scheduled to be executed by the State of Texas on Wednesday, February 24, 2010. He was sentenced to death in Gray County for the 1993 murder of […]

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Texas Tribune Article on Hank Skinner-Part 2

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

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 […]