Category: U.S. Supreme Court

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 […]

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Larry King Live Coverage of Hank Skinner

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date March 25, 2010

On Wednesday, March 24, 2010, three hours after Hank Skinner received a stay of execution by the United States Supreme Court, Larry King Live featured the Skinner trial on the […]

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Board of Pardon and Paroles and the Case of Hank Skinner

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date March 19, 2010
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As the execution date for Hank Skinner quickly approaches, the avenues for which the convicted murder of Twila Busby and her two adult sons, are diminishing. Despite maintaining his innocence […]

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Charles Hood Receives New Sentencing Trial

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date March 2, 2010

Charles Dead Hood was convicted in the 1989 fatal shootings of 26-year-old Tracie Lynn Wallace and 46-year-old Ronald Williamson. For the last two years, upon discovery of substantial evidence and […]

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Hank Skinner Refused Hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court

Post author By tcadpintern
Post date March 2, 2010

On Monday, March 1, 2010, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear the case against Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner. The case was denied a hearing without comment; […]