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Larry King Examines the Skinner Case and Greg Taylor's Recent Exoneration

By Steve Hall

Last night's Larry King Live on CNN examined the Hank Skinner case, as well as Greg Taylor's recent exoneration in North Carolina.  The transcript is here; video, here.  Some excerpts:KING: Brandi, a reporter for "The Texas Tribune," this stay is only whether the court will consider it, right? I mean they could, technically, in two days, vote as a group to not consider it, right? BRANDI GRISSOM, REPORTER, "THE TEXAS TRIBUNE": That's right. It's an indefinite stay. So what the court is considering right now is whether or not they -- they feel there is a need for them to take up and intervene in this case. KING: The technical question is DNA was not around at the time he was convicted and he wanted to introduce it later and that the lower courts denied that, is that right? GRISSOM: Actually, the DNA was available at the time of his original trial in 1995...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 25, 2010 (boomark / email).