Monday, March 7, 2011

HANK SKINNER; BREAKING NEWS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; SUPREME COURT RULES THAT HE CAN PURSUE CLAIM FOR CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE THAT MAY SHOW HE'S INNOCENT

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has ruled that an inmate on death row in Texas can pursue his legal claims to crime-scene evidence that he says may show he is innocent.

The court's narrow, 6-3 ruling Monday means that Hank Skinner will be not executed in the near future while his legal case continues.

But the decision will not necessarily result in Skinner winning the right to perform genetic testing on evidence found at the scene of the triple murder for which he received the death penalty.

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