TribBlog: Skinner Jurors Call for DNA Testing
Seven of the jurors who sent Hank Skinner to death row for the murders of his girlfriend, Twila Busby, and her two sons now say they want the state to test all the DNA available in the case. Full Story
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TribBlog: Watkins Plays Self-Defense
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, under fire at home for his handling of an investigation into Democratic county constables, played defense before an Austin crowd this morning in a TribLive interview with the Tribune's Evan Smith. Full Story
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Justice Delayed
Death row inmate Hank Skinner bought himself some time Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to address whether he can bring a federal civil rights lawsuit instead of making a habeas corpus claim. But legal experts say he's unlikely to escape his ultimate punishment. Full Story
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TribBlog: Supremes Will Hear Hank Skinner DNA Case
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will take up Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner's case. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 7
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 13
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 2
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 6
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 1
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 9
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 10
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 12
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 5
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 4
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 8
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 11
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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David Oshinsky: The TT Interview
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University of Texas professor, whose latest book is a modern history of capital punishment in America, says he doesn't oppose the death penalty — but he believes it's scandalously implemented in Texas. Full Story
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An Interview with David Oshinsky, Part 3
University of Texas at Austin professor David Oshinsky discusses his new book, Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America. Full Story
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The Big Stall
Since his appointment, the alternately amiable and peevish, typically cowboy-boot-shod chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission has comported himself as a virtuoso of the bureaucratic dawdle. With the commission's investigation of the now-notorious Cameron Todd Willingham case "still in its infancy," John Bradley has this to say about when it might conclude its review: "However long it takes, that’s however long it takes.” Full Story
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Thanks, But No Thanks
Depending on whom you ask, Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins’ repeated refusal to allow Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott into a local corruption investigation is either bold or stupid. Either way, it’s unusual. Abbott has offered prosecution assistance to local district attorneys 226 times since 2007, when lawmakers first gave him permission to do it. In all but 16 cases, he’s been invited in. And Watkins didn't decline politely. Full Story
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