News Stories
"Hank Skinner case headed to the U.S. Supreme Court" by Brian Rosenthal (The Daily Northwestern, May 25, 2010)
"Convict's wife hails DNA test" (The Straits Times, May 25, 2010)
"Justice Delayed" by Brandi Grissom (The Texas Tribune, May 25, 2010)
"U.S. Supreme Court to hear Texas Death Row inmate's case" by Dave Montgomery (The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 24, 2010)
"Court to hear Texas death row inmate DNA case" by James Vicini (Reuters, May 24, 2010)
"High court to review Skinner's request for DNA test" by Allan Turner (The Houston Chronicle, May 24, 2010)
"U.S. High Court to Consider DNA Access in Texas Execution Case" by Greg Stohr (Bloomberg Businessweek, May 24, 2010)
"Court to review inmate DNA requests" (United Press International, May 24, 2010)
"US Supreme Court to review case of Texas death row inmate who wants DNA testing" by The Associated Press (Winnipeg Free Press, May 24, 2010)
"Supreme Court Grants Cert to Hank Skinner" by Radley Balko (Reason Magazine, May 24, 2010)
"US top court to review case against death row inmate"(Expatica France, May 24, 2010)
"Skinner Speaks Out - Exclusive" (KFDA - NewsChannel 10 Amarillo, May 3, 2010)
Media Chinese piece (May 3, 2010)
"Death Row Inmate Talks About Stay Of Execution" by Jane Slater (CBS11TV, March 31, 2010)
"Examining the Hank Skinner case" by Leela Jacinto (France24, March 27, 2010)
"Challenging death: How undergraduates take on the justice system" by Leela Jacinto (France 24, March 27, 2010)
"DNA Testing is Inmate's Final Request" (Forensic Magazine, March 26, 2010)
"Death row man saved during last cheeseburger" (New Zealand Herald News, March 26, 2010)
"High Court Grants Eleventh-Hour Execution Stay For Texas Man" by Ashby Jones (The Wall Street Journal Law Blog, March 25, 2010)
"Down to His Final Meal, Hank Skinner Granted Stay of Execution in Texas Murder Case" by Eamon McNiff (ABC News, March 25, 2010)
"Skinner Gets a Stay" by Brandi Grissom (The Texas Tribune, March 25, 2010)
"Justices may opt to settle DNA issue" by Allan Turner (The Houston Chronicle, March 25, 2010)
"Justices Delay Execution, May Examine DNA Testing Issue" by Marcia Coyle (The Blog of LegalTimes, March 25, 2010)
"High court gives last-minute stay to condemned Texan" by CNN Wire Staff (CNN, March 25, 2010)
"Supreme Court Stays Texas Death Row Inmate's Execution" by Kris Alingod (All Headline News, March 25, 2010)
"Skinner execution stayed by the Supreme Court" by Jackie Cason (The Chicago Examiner, March 25, 2010)
"Late reprieve for death row prisoner" (euronews, March 25, 2010)
"Texas killer's execution called off with less than an hour to spare" (Metro.co.uk, March 25, 2010)
"Texas execution of Henry Skinner halted over DNA appeal" (BBC News, March 25, 2010)
"Supreme Court halts Texas execution" by Lucile Malandain (Agence France Presse, March 25, 2010)
"Hank Skinner execution suspended hour before schedule" (National Turk, March 25, 2010)
"Texas death row prisoner given last-minute stay of execution" (India News Portal - sifynews.com, March 25, 2010)
"Executed delayed in DNA case" by Lyle Denniston (Supreme Court of the United States Blog, March 24, 2010)
"Court stays Texas execution for DNA test" (United Press International, March 24, 2010)
"Supreme Court stops execution of convicted killer in Texas" by David G. Savage (The Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2010)
"U.S. Supreme Court delays Texas execution" by Allan Turner (The Houston Chronicle, March 24, 2010)
"Henry Skinner Execution Blocked by Supreme Court" by Scott Wu (NowPublic, March 24, 2010)
"Texas: Condemned Man Gets a Stay" by James C. McKinley, Jr. (The New York Times, March 24, 2010)
"Execution halted for Texas man claiming innocence" by Michael Graczyk (The Associated Press, March 24, 2010)
"Stay of execution saves a convicted murderer from Pampa" (NewsWest9.com, March 24, 2010)
"U.S. Supreme Court Halts Texas Execution, May Consider DNA Case" by Greg Stohr (Bloomberg BusinessWeek, March 24, 2010)
"French Rally to Side of Texas Man Facing Execution" translated by Philippe Guittard (France Info, March 24, 2010)
"Death row inmate hoping for 11th-hour reprieve" (IrelandOn-Line, March 24, 2010)
"France asks US to spare death row convict" (Expatica France, March 24, 2010)
"TribBlog: Lawmakers Urge Perry to Grant Skinner Reprieve" by Brandi Grissom (The Texas Tribune, March 23, 2010)
"Paris plea for US man on death row" by Mark Rodden (RFI English, March 23, 2010)
"Condemned Texas Man Seeks Reprieve For DNA Testing" by Michael Graczyk (CBS11TV.com, March 23, 2010)
"Board declines reprieve for man convicted of Panhandle slayings" by Allan Turner (The Houston Chronicle, March 22, 2010)
"TribBlog: Pardons Board Rejects Skinner Request" by Brandi Grissom (The Texas Tribune, March 22, 2010)
"Convicted Texas killer of 3 loses clemency bid" by Michael Graczyk (The Houston Chronicle, March 22, 2010)
"Condemned killer of 3 seeks DNA exoneration" by Michael Graczyk (The Dallas Morning News, March 20, 2010)
"Texas death row inmate's final request: DNA testing" by David G. Savage (The Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2010)
"The Secret Pardon" by Brandi Grissom (The Texas Tribune, March 19, 2010)
"Killer of 3 in Texas loses bid for execution delay" by Michael Graczyk (The Dallas Morning News, March 17, 2010)
"Killer of 3 in Texas loses bid for execution delay" by Michael Graczyk (The Statesman, March 17, 2010)
"Lawyers make last bid for man convicted in Panhandle slayings" by Allan Turner (The Houston Chronicle, March 15, 2010)
Clarification of The Houston Chronicle's March 15, 2010 story "Lawyers make last bid for man convicted in Panhandle slayings"
"Death Row Case Evidence May Never Be Tested" by Jordan Smith (The Austin Chronicle, March 12, 2010)
"Is Texas About To Execute Another Innocent Man? by Radley Balko (Reason Magazine, February 22, 2010)
"Hank Skinner: Another Question of Innocence on Texas's Death Row" by Rachel Clarke (Houston Independent Media Center, February 16, 2010)
"Case Open: The Investigation" by Brandi Grissom (The Texas Tribune, January 29, 2010)
"Case Open" by Brandi Grissom (The Texas Tribune, January 28, 2010)
Editorials and Opinions
"Certain Knowledge: Why all crime-scene evidence should be DNA tested" by Radley Balko (June 8, 2010)
"SCOTUS will Hear Hank Skinner's Case but Might Not Make the Final Decision" by Stephen Littau (The Liberty Papers, May 26, 2010)
"In Death-Penalty Cases, Innocence Has to Matter" by Adam Cohen (TIME, May 25, 2010)
"U.S. Supreme Court to hear Texas death row case" by Bill Mears (CNN.com Blogs, May 24, 2010)
"TribBlog: Supremes Will Hear Hank Skinner DNA Case" by Brandi Grisson (The Texas Tribune, May 24, 2010)
"Justice Delayed: The Hank Skinner DNA Case" by Michael Murphy (Examiner.com, May 6, 2010)
"In the Name of the People -- State Execution in the 21st Century" by Simon Tolkein (The Huffington Post, May 4, 2010)
"Caravella case proves worth of DNA testing" (The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, March 31, 2010)
"Would Texas execute man innocent of murder? Expert journalist worries answer is yes" by Steve Weinberg (In Justice, March 29, 2010)
"Staying Execution: Supremes Get Something Right" by Ruth Calvo (The Seminal, March 28, 2010)
"Is the U.S. Supreme Court capable of dispensing justice after a wrongful conviction?" by Steve Weinberg (In Justice, March 27, 2010)
"Facing Death Penalty, Hank Skinner Wants DNA Tested" by Susan Logoreci (GlobalShift, March 27, 2010)
"A Near Fatal Mistake?" by Shelly Strauss Rollison (AlterNet, March 26, 2010)
"Our opinion: Beyond the shadow of doubt" (Times Record News, March 26, 2010)
"In death row case, Supreme Court came through but Texas remains guilty" by Mary Shaw (thepeoplesvoice.org, March 26, 2010)
"Death penalty: A reason for DNA testing" (The Watertown Daily Times, March 26, 2010)
"Supreme Court Stays Skinner Execution" by Ed Brayton (Dispatches from the Culture Wars, March 25, 2010)
"Texas did not execute Hank Skinner, but why is so much last-minute drama the norm?" by Steve Weinberg (In Justice, March 25, 2010)
"Supreme Court Grants Stay of Execution of Henry Skinner" by Judge H. Lee Sarokin (The Huffington Post, March 24, 2010)
"Is DNA Ignorance Best Policy for Hank Skinner?" by Amnesty International (Opposing Views, March 24, 2010)
"U.S. Supreme Court halts Skinner execution" by Colleen McCain Nelson (The Dallas Morning News - Texas Death Penalty Blog, March 24, 2010)
"SCOTUS, Not Gov. Perry, Grants Hank Skinner a Reprieve" by Stephen Littau (The Liberty Papers, March 24, 2010)
"In Texas, Only the Dead are Innocent" by Ed Brayton (Dispatches from the Culture Wars, March 24, 2010)
"With DNA Still Untested, Texas Prisoner Hank Skinner Scheduled to Die Tonight" by Liliana Segura (AlterNet, March 24, 2010)
"Clock ticks as Texas Gov. Rick Perry considers allowing DNA testing in death penalty case" by Michael Landauer (The Dallas Morning News, March 23, 2010)
"Isn't a man's life worth an extra 30 days?" by Bob Ray Sanders (The Sacramento Bee, March 23, 2010)
"Death row inmate entitled to delay for DNA tests" by the Editorial Board (The Austin Statesman, March 23, 2010)
"Hold up Skinner execution for DNA tests" Editorial (The Dallas Morning News, March 23, 2010)
"Will the state of Texas execute an innocent man?" by Steve Weinberg (In Justice, March 23, 2010)
"Testing Phobia: Texas Set to Execute Another Innocent Man" by Dave Lindorff (OpEdNews.com, March 22, 2010)
"Hank Skinner Execution Update: Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Deny DNA Test Request" by Stephen Littau (The Liberty Papers, March 22, 2010)
"All eyes on Texas Gov. Rick Perry in Hank Skinner DNA case" by Michael Landauer (The Dallas Morning News - Texas Death Penalty Blog, March 22, 2010)
"Is Texas about to Execute an Innocent Man?" by Noel Brinkerhoff (allgov.com, March 22, 2010)
"Texas and Gov. Perry Apparently Indifferent to the Execution of a Possibly Innocent Man" by Judge H. Lee Sarokin (The Huffington Post, March 20, 2010)
"Isn't a man's life worth an extra 30 days?" by Bob Ray Sanders (The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 20, 2010)
"It's best to test: DNA could prove a death row convict innocent. Let's test it while he's alive" Editorial (The Houston Chronicle, March 19, 2010)
"ACTION ALERT: Tell Governor Perry to Give Hank Skinner 30 More Days" by Stephen Littau (The Liberty Papers, March 19, 2010)
"DNA test needed in Skinner case" by the Editorial Board (The San Antonio Express News, March 20, 2010)
"TribBlog: AZ Lab Offers Free Testing for Skinner" by Brandi Grissom (The Texas Tribune, March 18, 2010)
"DNA lab offers free 30-day test in Hank Skinner case" by Michael Landauer (The Dallas Morning News - Texas Death Penalty Blog, March 18, 2010)
"No surprise here: TCAA denies Hank Skinner appeal" by Guest Blogger (The Dallas Morning News - Texas Death Penalty Blog, March 17, 2010)
"DNA Testing would resolve doubt in convicted killer's guilt" by Matthew Wright (amarillo.com, March 14, 2010)
"Letters - Why not test the DNA?" by Jennifer L. Simmons (The Houston Chronicle, March 12, 2010)
"Making the case for DNA testing in the Hank Skinner case" by Michael Landauer (The Dallas Morning News - Texas Death Penalty Blog, March 12, 2010)
"TribBlog: Skinner Asks Perry for Reprieve" by Brandi Grissom (The Texas Tribune, March 12, 2010)
"Trusting science in life and death" by Rodney Ellis, Barry Scheck and Cory Sessions (The Dallas Morning News, March 12, 2010)
"Sam Millsap on the Skinner Case (The StandDown Texas Project, March 10, 2010)
"Former Prosecutor Calls for DNA Testing in Texas Case" (The Innocence Project Blog, March 10, 2010)
"DNA testing works, but not if we fail to utilize it" by Sam Millsap (The Houston Chronicle, March 9, 2010)
"Three capital cases illustrate how tactics trump truth" (The Dallas Morning News, February 26, 2010)
"The State of Texas: Third World Justice by Andrew Cohen (The Atlantic, February 25, 2010)
"Abolish death penalty, stop killing innocent" by Paul Williamson (The Daily Toreador, February 25, 2010)
"Texas Inmate Facing Execution Denied DNA Testing (Update: Execution Stayed Until Mar. 24)"(The Death Penalty Information Center)
"Thwarting Justice by Denying DNA Testing" by Judge H. Lee Sarokin (The Huffington Post, February 10, 2010)
The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Hank Skinner blog entries
"Hank Skinner" by the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
(Updated June 9, 2010 9:29 p.m. CST)