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Statement of the Legal Defense Team for Hank Skinner Regarding Re-Scheduling of Execution

By "Persian Cowboy"

For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 17, 2009Contact: Rob Owen, University of Texas, 512-232-9391, rowen@law.utexas.eduSTATEMENT OF THE LEGAL DEFENSE TEAM FOR HANK SKINNER REGARDING RE-SCHEDULING OF MR. SKINNER?S EXECUTION"Today, February 17, we received notice for the first time that the judge of the convicting court yesterday withdrew Mr. Skinner?s previously scheduled February 24 execution date, apparently upholding our challenge to the previously issued warrant of execution as void under Texas law.We are dismayed that the court chose, in the same order, to re-schedule Mr. Skinner?s execution for March 24. This unseemly haste to execute Mr. Skinner ignores the growing public concern and outcry over the unanswered questions about Mr. Skinner?s guilt...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on February 18, 2010 (boomark / email).