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Skinner stayed

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

via SCOTUSBlog: The Supreme Court on Wednesday evening delayed the execution in Texas of Henry W. Skinner, at least until the Court acts on his new case seeking to pursue a civil rights claim that he was denied a chance to have DNA evidence tested in an attempt to prove his innocence of a triple murder more than 16 years ago.  The Court?s order blocked an execution that had been scheduled for 7 p.m. Washington time.  The Court has not yet scheduled its consideration of his pending appeal (Skinner v. Switzer, 09-9000; his stay application was 09A743). Skinner is seeking to raise an issue that the Justices had agreed to review last Term in District Attorney?s Office v. Osborne (08-6).  The Court decided the Osborne case on June 18, but left unresolved that specific issue...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 24, 2010 (boomark / email).