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By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

From this week’s edition: Leading off this edition, the Supreme Court last Wednesday evening delayed the execution of Henry “Hank” Skinner indefinitely. Mr. Skinner sought federal relief on a  a civil rights claim that he was denied a chance to have DNA evidence tested in an attempt to prove his innocence of a triple murder more than 16 years ago.  The Court?s order fails to indicate when the Court will determine whether or not to grant certiorari  (Skinner v. Switzer, 09-9000; his stay application was 09A743). Copies of Mr. Skinner’s filings are here. In the lower courts, the Tenth Circuit granted relief in Lonnie Wright Richie v. Workman as  “[I]t was unreasonable for the OCCA to decide that the evidence did not support a jury instruction on second-degree depraved-mind murder...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).