Death Row Inmate Pleads for DNA Testing
[Editor's note: Hank Skinner is set to be executed for a 1993 murder he's always maintained he didn't commit. He wants the state to test whether his DNA matches evidence found at the crime scene, but prosecutors say the time to contest his conviction has come and gone. Now he has less than a month to change their minds. We told the story of the murders and his conviction and sentencing in the first part of this story.]
It makes sense to Greg Jonsson that police in Pampa set their sights on Hank Skinner when they found ...
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jrj
Great stories, wonderful work.
It's hard, though, to comprehend why everyone -- the state, the county, the DA, everybody -- isn't rushing to test every shred of evidence -- why not? A man's life is at stake! What's the downside? Testing costs? Egg on somebody's face?