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Statesman Editorial Says Hank Skinner Entitled to Delay for DNA Tests

By "Persian Cowboy"

Please call Gov Perry at (512) 463-2000 and urge him to stop the execution of Hank Skinner on March 24, 2010 by granting a 30-day stay of execution so that DNA evidence can be tested. Call anytime day or night and leave message on voice mail.Austin American-Statesman Editorial Board:If all goes as planned by the state of Texas, tomorrow will be the final sunrise Henry W. Skinner ever sees. Skinner, 47, is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Wednesday for a brutal triple-murder committed in Pampa on New Year's Eve 1993.We believe that even the most ardent supporters of capital punishment, confronted with the facts below, will join Skinner in asking Gov. Rick Perry for a 30-day reprieve.In fact, the most ardent supporters of capital punishment ? those most invested in making sure Texas does not execute an innocent person ? are the ones who should be leading the call for the delay...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on March 23, 2010 (boomark / email).