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By Jean Casella | February 17, 2021

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Hank Skinner

Voices from Solitary: Hank Skinner's Dispatches from Texas Death Row

November 7, 2011October 21, 2015 James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
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Today, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution to Hank Skinner, to allow for the testing of DNA evidence which Skinner says could cast doubt on his guilt. Skinner was scheduled to be executed two days from now, on November 9. In March of last year, Skinner came within a half-hour of execution before […]

Texas Prepares to Execute Hank Skinner Without Testing DNA

November 7, 2011November 7, 2011 James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
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Update: On Monday afternoon, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Skinner’s execution to review how changes in the state law on DNA testing requests affect cases like Skinner’s. Our piece on Hank Skinner, who is scheduled to be executed in Texas this Wednesday, appears today over at Mother Jones. “Any time DNA evidence can […]