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Post-Conviction DNA Testing - Part 2 - Hank Skinner in Texas

By Steve Hall

In stark contrast to what is happening in Georgia in the Carlton Gary case, Texas officials seem intent on denying post-conviction DNA testing to Hank Skinner.In Georgia, the state Supreme Court stayed his scheduled December execution, ordering a lower court to hold a hearing on the issue.  In Skinner's case, the Texas officials are thus far turning a blind eye to his requests for DNA testing that might help prove his innocence.The case is attracting national attention as noted in these posts: More on the Hank Skinner Case Judge Sarokin on the Skinner Case and Post-Conviction DNA Testing Today is the sixth anniversary of the execution of Todd Willingham, and the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty has taken the opportunity to call for a "Statewide Day of Action" with respect to the Skinner case...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).