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Pending Legal Actions for Hank Skinner

By "Persian Cowboy"

Henry Watkins SkinnerSet to be Executed February 24, 2010Huntsville, Texas Pending Legal ActionsHenry W. Skinner vs. Rick Thaler, Director TDCJ-CIDThis is an appeal from Mr. Skinner's inital federal habeas claimsU.S. Supreme Court, Case No. 09-7784Docket information is available online athttp://origin.www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/09-7784.htmA decision by the Supreme Court is Pending- - -Henry W. Skinner vs. Lynn Switzer, District AttorneyThis is a federal lawsuit to compel Ms. Switzer to release previously untested DNA evidenceU.S. District Court Case No. 2:09-CV-281U.S. District Court dismissed this lawsuit on Jan. 20, 2010.U.S. District Court dismisses Motion to Stay Execution on Feb. 2, 2010Click here to see U.S. Distict Court Order Dismissing Stay of ExecutionAppealed Lynn Switzer lawsuit to 5th Circuit on Jan...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on February 07, 2010 (boomark / email).