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By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThe United States Supreme Court Monday made it easier for convicted prisoners to seek and obtain post-trial DNA testing even over the objections of law enforcement officials. In a 6-3 ruling authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Court ruled that death row inmate Henry Skinner could now proceed to seek crime-scene testing from Texas authorities under the federal civil rights law known as "Section 1983." Related Stories The Important Supreme Court Decision You Didn't Hear About Last Week Supreme Court's 8-1 Westboro Ruling -- and Alito's Passionate ...
High Court Rules for Texas Inmate Who Wants DNA Testing
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to a death row inmate in Texas who wants to test crime-scene evidence that he says may show he is innocent. The court's narrow, 6-3 ruling means that Hank Skinner, who was about an hour away from execution when the Supreme Court intervened last year, will not be put to death soon while his legal case continues. Michael Graczyk, AP Hank Skinner, here in December 2009, is on death row in Texas for triple slaying in on New Year's Even 1993. But the decision will not necessarily result in Skinner winning the right to ...
Hank Skinner Death Penalty Case: Texas Jurors Reconsider Verdict
By Medill Innocence Project - Politics DailyThis story was reported by Rachel Cicurel, Gaby Fleischman, Emily Glazer, and Alexandra Johnson. In March 1995, a jury left a Fort Worth, Texas, courthouse having unanimously decided that DNA testing and compelling testimony led to an inescapable verdict: Henry "Hank" Skinner deserved to die for the murders of his live-in girlfriend, Twila Busby, and her two adult sons in their home on New Year's Eve 1993. Twila was bludgeoned to death; her sons were stabbed. The jury primarily based its decision on evidence that showed the victims' blood on Skinner's clothes and the testimony of a neighbor. ...
Texas Inmate's Execution Halted at Last Hour
By not in system - AOL NewsHUNTSVILLE, Texas (March 24) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped the execution of condemned prisoner Hank Skinner about an hour before he could have been taken to the Texas death chamber. Skinner asked the court and Gov. Rick Perry for the delay for DNA testing that he insisted could clear him in a triple slaying. The brief order grants him the delay but does not ensure that he will get such testing. Perry had not decided on the delay. Mike Graczyk, AP Death row inmate Hank Skinner, here after his execution was delayed Wednesday, claims that he did not commit the three murders ...
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