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Texas News Coverage of the Skinner Ruling

By Steve Hall

Brandi Grissom writes, "U.S. Supreme Court Keeps Hank Skinner Alive, Again," for the Texas Tribune. Now, Skinner must prove to the federal district court that he is entitled to DNA testing. That court will decide whether Texas courts have arbitrarily ? and unconstitutionally ? applied the state's 2001 law that allows post-conviction DNA testing. "The heart of the case is going to be decided in the next round of litigation in federal court," Owen said. And: Joseph Hoffmann, a death penalty expert and law professor at Indiana University?s Maurer School of Law, described the ruling today as technical and not particularly surprising. For Skinner, the decision was just one of many hurdles the death row inmate must still overcome before he can get access to the DNA testing he seeks...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 08, 2011 (boomark / email).