Post Conviction Dna Testing

Time Is Not on Texas Condemned Man's Side

David Protess | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Dna Testing, Hank Skinner, Wrongful Conviction, Chicago News, Death Penalty, Crime, Rick Perry, George W. Bush, Post-Conviction-Dna-Testing, Hank Skinner Death Penalty, Chicago News
David Protess

Governor Perry seems to have his own problems lately. Why add the execution of Hank Skinner, a possibly innocent man, to the list?

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Texas Must Test DNA Before Carrying Out Skinner Execution

Kirk Bloodsworth | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Dna Testing, Post Conviction DNA Testing, Capital Punishment, Hank Skinner, Troy Davis Execution, Kirk Bloodsworth, Death Penalty, Hank Skinner Death Penalty, Troy Davis, Crime News
Kirk Bloodsworth

I do not know if Mr. Skinner is innocent or guilty -- but I do know firsthand the critical importance of DNA testing. Nearly twenty years ago, I became the first person in the U.S. exonerated from death row when post-conviction DNA testing proved my innocence.

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Texas to Condemned Man: Execution First, DNA Later

David Protess | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Lynn Switzer, Dna Testing, Hank Skinner, Post Conviction DNA Testing, DNA Test, Death Penalty, Hank Skinner Death Penalty, Rick Perry, Troy Davis, Chicago News
David Protess

Hank Skinner is scheduled to die in a month -- while two judges continue to contemplate whether he can test the evidence that might clear him.

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Fearing Truth: Why Do Prosecutors Fight Against Post-Conviction DNA Tests?

Locke Bowman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dna Testing, Henry Skinner, Post Conviction DNA Testing, Dna Evidence, Johnnie-Lee-Savory, James O'Dell, Criminal Justice, Chicago News
Locke Bowman

One of the hardest things in the world is to admit a mistake -- and that old saying applies with particular force to mistakes made in this country's criminal justice system.

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