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November 8, 2011

Texas Grants Stay of Execution for Death Row Prisoner 
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution to
Hank Skinner who was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. Skinner was
convicted of the 1993 deaths of his girlfriend and her two sons in
Pampa, Texas. Questions have arisen over his guilt because multiple
items from the crime scene have not been tested for DNA.



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