Lawyers for death row inmate Hank Skinner sent Gov. Rick Perry a letter yesterday asking him for a 30-day reprieve from Skinner's scheduled March 24 execution. The lawyers also asked Perry to order DNA testing on evidence that Skinner says could prove his innocence.

Skinner was sentenced to death for the 1993 murder of his live-in girlfriend, Twila Busby, and her two mentally disabled adult sons. But Skinner has vehemently asserted his innocence. He claims that DNA evidence from the crime scene, including material from two knives, a rape kit, Busby's fingernail clippings and a man's windbreaker ...

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