La pétition de clémence cherche à réduire la condamnation à mort de Hank à l'emprisonnement à vie, ce qui lui donnerait une chance de prouver son innocence et de chercher un pardon.
Les lettres en support de sa pétition de clémence doivent arriver au plus tard le 17 mars.
S'il vous plaît écrivez la référence suivante: "Attention: Hank Skinner Case - #999143" sur chaque page de votre lettre. Mettez-la aussi sur le devant de l'enveloppe si vous l'envoyez par courrier, ainsi que sur la page couverture si vous l'envoyez par télécopie.
Clemency Section
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
8610 Shoal Creek Blvd.
Austin, TX 78757-6814
Télécopie: (512) 467-0945
Courriel : bpp-pio@tdcj.state.tx.us
N'envoyez pas votre lettre aux membres individuels du comité, ça retarderait votre lettre et elle pourrait ne pas arriver au comité à temps pour être considéré.
Governor Rick Perry
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
Téléphone: 512-463-2000
Télécopie: 512-463-1849
Formulaire de contact Web:
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/contact/
Tous les détails sur son cas sont disponibles sur son site web, par contre, voici quelques-uns des points que vous pouvez apporter:
Hank a été condamné à mort par le biais d'un témoin parjuré et de l'évidence circonstancielle.
La théorie de l'accusation était fondée sur cet unique témoin, qui a retirée son témoignage et qui a expliquée qu'elle avait été ménacée afin qu'elle mente à la police et qu'elle donne une témoignage à partir d'un script fourni par le bureau du "district attorney".
Les deux témoins principaux de l'État, Andrea Reed et Howard Mitchell, ont témoigné croire que Hank est innocent.
Le peu d'analyse médico-légale qui a été faite avant le procès l'excluait comme coupable.
Les reste de l'analyse, faite pendant les appels après sa condamnation, l'excluait aussi.
Les preuves scientifiques disponibles démontrent son incapacitation physique au moment où le crime a été commis.
Une quantité importante d'éléments de preuve n'ont pas été analysés, et doivent l'être afin connaître toute la vérité sur son innocence.
Ses requêtes pour des tests d'ADN ont été refusées, même s'il a toujours offert de défrayer les coûts.
L'état du Texas a une sombre histoire de condamnations injustifiées et d'exonérations basées sur l'ADN.
L'intérêt de la justice est de découvrir la vérité, et non d'exécuter un homme innocent.
L'État garde en réserve des éléments de preuves non-analysées qui peuvent démontrer l'innocence de Hank.
All three of the previous D.A.s have publicly stated that they believe the evidence needs to be tested.
The D.A. has admitted in Ch 64 DNA pleadings that the evidence is in a condition making testing possible, that the chain of custody has been maintained, that the evidence is capable of providing a probative result and idendity is an issue in Hank's case.
Texas should not execute a man it does not know for a fact to be guilty. After Andrea Reed's recantation, according to the state own's experts, the remaining evidence does nothing to prove guilt at all. The A.G has stated through his spokesman that it would violate the constitution to murder someone who is innocent - that has got to apply equally to someone they do not know for a fact to be guilty.
Both petitions (commutation and reprieve) as well as three statements attached to the petitions can be dowloaded in the "legal documents" section of the website.
La date d'exécution du 24 mars est soutenue par le CCA, aidez Hank à obtenir les tests d'ADN.
Le 4 mars, le CCA a déclaré que le 24 mars serait la date d'exécution de Hank, ou plus exactement il affirme ne pas avoir la jurisdiction nécessaire pour aller à l'encontre de l'ordre du Juge. L'ordre en question est disponible dans la section "documents légaux" du site web.
Please help Hank get the DNA testing. I have added a list of newspapers and journalists to whom you can copy your letter to the DA, below:
Hank sent a 5-page letter to the Gray County D.A. Lynn Switzer with a number of exhibits, which was received by her office on January 27th 2010.
These documents can be downloaded in the "legal documents" section - "DNA Issue" paragraph on the website.
Please take the time to read the letter, the exhibits document all the points and statements made by Hank in his letter.
As you will understand from his letter, Hank is asking the D.A. to put the execution warrant on hold, to grant him a 120-day reprieve and order the DNA testing. It is important to support him in this vital attempt. Of course the purpose is NOT to write to the D.A. and attack her for what she hasn't done or should have done. What needs to be emphasized is that justice calls for the truth and the untested evidence is crucial to prove his innocence. Her position as D.A. is to ensure that justice is served and not to allow the execution of an innocent man when so many issues remain unresolved just a few weeks from his execution date.
You can send your letters with reference "Hank Skinner - Execution Date March 24, 2010" to:
Ms. Lynn Switzer
District Attorney
Gray County Courthouse
Pampa TX 79065
For more impact, you may consider copying your letter to a local media of your choice and also to enclose a copy of Hank's letter as well. If you do so, make sure you include the information after your signature; ie: cc. Houston Chronicle (whathever newpaper you choose or the journalist's name). Here is a non-exhaustive short list of newspapers and/or journalists you can cc your letter to:
The Pampa news
PO Box 2198
Pampa TX 79066
Editor bphillips@thepampanews.com
The Amarillo Globe news
Letters to the Editor
PO Box 2091
Amarillo TX 79166
Fax 1 806 345 3400
Letters@amarillo.com
The Houston Chronicle
Roma Khanna - roma.khanna@chron.com
The Austin American-Statesman
Chuck Lindell - clindell@statesman.com
Steven Kreytak - skreytak@statesman.com
The Dallas Morning News
Emily Ramshaw - eramshaw@dallasnews.com
Editor Michael Grabell - mgrabell@dallasnews.com
The Texas Tribune
Brandi Grissom - bgrissom@texastribune.org
CBS News - 60 minutes
60m@cbsnews.com
The Chicago Tribune
Steve Mills - smmills@tribune.com
The Columbus Dispatch
Jeff Dutton - jdutton@dispatch.com
Here are some points you can raise:
A series of articles Hank has written about the deplorable conditions at the Polunsky Unit where Texas death row prisoners are housed. ( Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page. )
Most of us believe in the principle of justice, even though we all may have differing views regarding what is and what is not just punishment. But what happens when an individual is sentenced for a crime - found guilty by a jury of his or her peers despite the existence of overwhelming evidence to the contrary? What happens when the crime is murder and the sentence death?
YOU CAN DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS, because here is just such a case.
Review the evidence for yourself at:
hankskinner.org
When the guilty verdict was passed in this case, Hank Skinner suffered a fatal injury in every sense of the phrase - injurious because his name was tarnished with a murder he could not possibly have committed - fatal because without your help he will certainly be executed.
On December 31st, 1993, Twila Busby and her two sons were brutally murdered in their home in Pampa, Texas. The man who is currently under sentence of death for their murders is Henry Watkins "Hank" Skinner, Twila's live-in partner.
To say that there is only reasonable doubt as to Hank's guilt would be a gross underestimation of the vast amount of available vindication evidence. In order to fully appreciate the "quality" of justice he has received so far, it is necessary to examine some of the key areas of concern pertaining to the investigation of the three murders and the subsequent trial of Henry W. "Hank" Skinner.
Hank Skinner #999143
Polunsky Unit
3872 FM 350 South
Livingston, TX
77351 USA
This information is provided by Hank Skinner and his supporters.
http://www.hankskinner.org
Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
The CCADP offers free webpages to over 500 Death Row Prisoners
"The Eyes Of The World Are Watching Now."