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Thursday, November 15, 2012  FULL DOCUMENTS: New DNA testing further implicates convicted murderer Hank Skinner for the crime, according to the Texas Attorney General.

Thursday, July 05, 2012  A Texas death row inmate granted new DNA testing in his case says his "nightmare is almost over."

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Attorneys have agreed on items to be tested for DNA in the case of a Texas Panhandle man on death row for the slayings of his girlfriend and her two grown children.

Monday, November 07, 2011  Attorneys for a condemned triple killer facing execution this week are asking Texas Gov. Rick Perry to use his authority to grant a one-time 30-day reprieve so DNA testing can be conducted on evidence they contend could show inmate Henry Skinner is innocent.

Thursday, November 03, 2011  A judge has denied a Texas death row inmate's request to test DNA evidence his attorneys say could prove his innocence.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011  Hank Skinner has once again been scheduled to be executed.

Monday, March 07, 2011  The Supreme Court has ruled that convicted murderer Hank Skinner will be allowed to continue his legal battle for DNA testing of crimescene testing.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011 

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case about DNA testing that could prolong a Texas death row inmate's appeals or lead quickly to his execution.

Sunday, October 10, 2010  An ex-con sent to Texas' death row for three murders and spared from execution earlier this year by the U.S. Supreme Court is set to take his case before the high court, which may decide whether his attorneys can test items for DNA he claims could prove his innocence.

Friday, October 08, 2010  Convicted killer Henry "Hank" Skinner, may get another chance to prove his innocence.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010  A judge has ordered DNA testing on a strand of hair that was the only physical evidence linking an executed inmate to the murder that sent him to the Texas death chamber.

Monday, May 24, 2010  Pronews 7 received a letter from Mark D. White, Attorney for Lynn Switzer, District Attorney of Gray County, Texas in response to the Hank Skinner case that the Supreme Court is reviewing.

Monday, May 24, 2010  The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a Texas death row inmate should have access to evidence for DNA testing that he says could clear him of three murders.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010  A condemned man has asked Gov. Rick Perry to halt his execution so that DNA taken from the scene where his girlfriend and her sons were killed can be tested.