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More on the Hank Skinner Cert Grant

By Steve Hall

Rob Owen, counsel of record for Hank Skinner, has issued a statement following this morning's decision by the Supreme Court to review the case:"We are pleased that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear Mr. Skinner's appeal. That decision represents the necessary first step to our eventually obtaining the DNA testing that Mr. Skinner has long sought. We look forward to the opportunity to persuade the Court that if a State official arbitrarily denies a prisoner access to evidence for DNA testing, the prisoner should be allowed to challenge that decision in a federal civil rights lawsuit."Earlier coverage begins here.  The Petition for Writ of Certiorari, which the Court granted today, is in Adobe .pdf format.  Owen is Co-Director of the Capital Punishment Center at the University of Texas School of Law...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 24, 2010 (boomark / email).