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Texas death row inmate asking courts to force prosecutor to turn over evidence for DNA tests

HOUSTON — Just weeks away from execution, a Texas death row inmate is asking the courts to force prosecutors to turn over knives and clothing that were never tested for DNA, claiming that the evidence could show he didn’t kill his girlfriend and her sons nearly two decades ago.

But prosecutors say the latest request from Henry Watkins Skinner, who came within an hour of lethal injection last year before the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in, is an empty tactic to again delay his death.  More   PrisonerPal.com   True Crime Today  Magazine Subscriptions for Prisoners since 1975