Justice4Hank

Non-profit org #Justice4Hank created by supporters & friends of #HankSkinner #WrongfulConviction #NoDeathPenalty also on

[Justice4Hank @Justice4Hank]

Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner : « Pour Hank, l’amitié et l’amour étaient les deux composantes essentielles de sa vie et ses plus grandes sources de bonheur. » #justice4hankskinner

https://t.co/Nt5QUOtzDV

[Radley Balko @radleybalko]

New at The Watch: I interview Peter Stout, the head of the Houston Forensic Science Center, a visionary crime lab that could change how expert testimony is used in court.

Link, and a few excerpts, follow.

[Justice4Hank @Justice4Hank]

Special thank you to our 1 new followers from Australia last week. https://t.co/uiOHdRVTk1

[Maurice Chammah🍹🎻 @MauriceChammah]

There are 9 more executions in the U.S. this year. They're all in Oklahoma and Texas.

Here's why Texas remains such an epicenter: https://t.co/nQX7LyiiuD

h/t @DPInfoCtr (Ohio has one but there's an unofficial moratorium)

[Justice4Hank @Justice4Hank]

The lawyer who doesn't defend his clients and gets them executed while pocketing the taxpayers' money...

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

“It’s literally impossible to be a good lawyer under those types of caseloads,” said Genesis Draper, who has been a Harris County court-at-law judge presiding over misdemeanor cases since 2018. https://t.co/3y8BWtOdOQ

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

"State and federal governments need to embrace a true end to solitary confinement in all its forms and by all its names."

— #AJOpinion by Terry A Kupers ⤵️ https://t.co/CrjMiWaWy4

[Courthouse News @CourthouseNews]

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote "there is no moral victory in executing someone who believes Satan is killing him to bring about the end of the world." @KelseyReichmann https://t.co/FoD8qGgXmA

[Truthout @truthout]

Experts say the Justice is ignoring centuries of congressional regulation of the Court to claim unfettered authority.
https://t.co/bTw7YJ3X8e

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

“Solitary confinement is a moral catastrophe,” said Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), calling the practice "traumatic for people subjected to it" and "isolating for loved ones." https://t.co/QYBCgej0EQ

[NACDL @NACDL]

Memories Of An Execution: "Twenty-six years ago, I covered a Texas execution, the circumstances of the execution were much different than that of Tisius but the inhumanity I witnessed will never die." @TheCrimeReport https://t.co/V3M1dy9pSk

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

'It's inhumane': Advocates, families urge Texas leaders to put AC in prisons amid heat wave https://t.co/kaXbLUt8H7

[Guardian US @GuardianUS]

Louisiana youth jailed in solitary cells amid extreme heatwave, ACLU says https://t.co/ch7wyTo47b

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

Terrible news for incarcerated people and their loved ones and advocates: Texas prisons to phase out physical mail to reduce contraband despite advocate protests https://t.co/Bw7CYGgaBS

[Prison Journalism Project @prisonjourn]

In our #AginginPrison series, PJP contributors chronicle the now ubiquitous experience of growing old behind bars.

Take a look back: https://t.co/sCzA2smCa7

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

Since mid-June, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in Texas prisons lacking air conditioning.

Family members and advocates blame the deaths on the brutal heat inside Texas prisons.

https://t.co/2vra2zRipy

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has denied Rodney Reed, a Black man on death row for more than 25 years, a chance for a new trial.

Reed has gained international support for his claims that he did not kill 19-year-old Stacey Stites, a white woman.

https://t.co/MKWlKriTg8

[KXAN News @KXAN_News]

Currently, 70% of units within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that do not have full air conditioning. Some inmates have described stifling conditions, while department officials say work continues to assist inmates during Texas summers.
https://t.co/iaoLht2lLX

[AlterNet @AlterNet]

'Shady and corrupt': Barrett real estate de​al added to list of Supreme Court ethics scandals https://t.co/3HwdZvWznZ

[Courthouse News @CourthouseNews]

‘Legally innocent’ prisoner loses Supreme Court bid to challenge 27-year sentence @KelseyReichmann
https://t.co/uOcV7fXh41

[Justia Verdict @VerdictJustia]

Just Another Death Row Exoneration? - By @AmherstCollege prof @ljstprof https://t.co/6M0eVPMO73

[The Intercept @theintercept]

Prison officials dumped Barry Jones at the bus station with nothing. But after decades on death row, at least he was free. https://t.co/hgU0zCGlLB by @lilianasegura https://t.co/hgU0zCGlLB