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Update on the Hank Skinner Case

By Steve Hall

Allen Turner writes, "Supreme Court refuses to hear Texas killer's case," in today's Houston Chronicle. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the case of Texas killer Henry Skinner, sentenced to die March 24 for the bludgeoning death of his live-in girlfriend and the fatal stabbings of her two adult sons. The Pampa case has generated national furor in anti-death penalty circles after an investigation by student journalists from Chicago's Northwestern University uncovered evidence they believe suggests Skinner may be innocent. Skinner, 47, was convicted for the 1993 New Year's Eve deaths of Twila Busby, 41, and her sons, Elwin Caler, 22, and Randy Busby, 20. Twila Busby was strangled and beaten on the head at least 14 times, probably with an ax handle...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 02, 2010 (boomark / email).