Hank Skinner (left) is scheduled to be executed in Texas on March 24 for three murders he maintains he didn’t commit. Several key pieces of biological evidence from the crime scene have not been tested. DNA testing could prove Skinner’s innocence or confirm his guilt, but prosecutors are opposing Skinner’s appeals and seeking to execute him.There are several pieces of probative biological evidence from the crime scene that haven’t been tested. Among this untested evidence are hairs from one victim’s hand, a rape kit, fingernail clippings and a windbreaker that could have been worn by an alternate suspect. It is crucial that this testing be conducted before Texas carries out a sentence it can’t reverse.
DNA testing can prove the truth. It is not a delay tactic or a diversion — it has the potential to confirm Skinner’s guilt or prove him innocent and you would be making a grave mistake to allow Skinner to executed without first conducting DNA tests.
Write, call, fax or email your own letter to the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Texas Governor Rick Perry. Urge them to stay the execution to allow testing of DNA. In the subject line of your emails or in any letters to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, write “Attention Case of Hank Skinner #999143″.
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
Fax: 512-463-1849
Main number: 512-463-2000
Clemency Section
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
8610 Shoal Creek Blvd.
Austin, TX 78757-6814
Fax (512) 467-0945
Source: Prisonmovement's Weblog, March 2, 2010
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