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Editorial: Court Rules Rightly on Skinner

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an editorial from the Amarillo Globe-News Saturday edition. Hank Skinner won a big court fight this week in Washington, D.C. So did those who believe Skinner should be executed for killing a Pampa woman and her two sons on New Year's Eve, 1993. Indeed, the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Skinner's favor very well could prove beyond a doubt that he is guilty of the crime for which he's been convicted. And that, by definition, would be justice served. And: So, let's proceed with this civil rights lawsuit in federal court and let us determine once and for all who committed this heinous crime. The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina carries the editorial column, "DNA stories, waiting to be told...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 14, 2011 (boomark / email).