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SCOTUS Blog on the Skinner Case

By Steve Hall

I have to single out SCOTUS Blog for its outstanding coverage of Skinner, "Special feature: Texas death row DNA case (Part 3)."  All three parts are by Mary A. Fischer. It seems that in the pursuit of truth, like real estate, location is everything.  Had convicted murderer Henry Skinner requested post-conviction DNA testing in Dallas instead of Pampa, where the triple homicide occurred, the Supreme Court would not be hearing arguments in Skinner v Switzer this Wednesday ? or any other time. While Pampa?s District Attorney Lynn Switzer decided to ?stand firm? and deny access to the Skinner evidence, 370 miles away, in Dallas, fellow chief prosecutor Craig Watkins, takes an opposite stance. ?If I was faced with that decision, it would be an easy one,? he told me recently...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 14, 2010 (boomark / email).