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Hank Skinner Update

By "Persian Cowboy"

A number of legal documents have been posted on the website.On February 8th, Hank's attorney filed a motion in state court to vacate the order setting an execution date and recall void death warrant. There is a problem with the death warrant. Legally the judge has 10 days from the day he signs the order setting an execution date to the day he sends the death warrant to the prison warden. The order was signed on October 20th but the death warrant was not sent to the prison warden until November 13th. If all else fails, the procedure may be canceled and the judge would have to start all over again - ie. issue a new order and send a new death warrant to the prison warden. That could postpone the issue by 35 to 40 days. In the meantime, we are hoping that a solid stay will be issued and that the DNA testing will be ordered...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on February 15, 2010 (boomark / email).