Hank Skinner Case

I think injustice was adverted by the issuance of a stay of execution on November 7, 2011 in the case of Hank Skinner.  There are several sides to the story in this case and many questions are still unanswered as to what happened that night.  It is important to make sure an innocent man is not put to death.  Therefore, these questions must be answered and it must be determined who exactly is responsible for the murders that night before a man, who may possibly be innocent, is punished with the death penalty.

I thought the “dueling” websites regarding Hank Skinner’s case were very interesting.  They were set up in the same design, but each presented a variety of ideas from the case that could prove his innocence or guilt.  Both websites are in support of major public concerns about the case.  One is worried about finding justice for Twila Busby and her family, while the other is concerned with giving an innocent man the death penalty.  Both sides have strong opinions from the public eye.  They only included information that supported their view of Skinner; they did not mention facts of the case unless they could explain them in a way that followed their story from that night.  Both websites seem very biased and I do not believe either one contains only facts.

The media seems to be split in a similar way to the two websites about Skinner’s case.  The media wants to find justice for Twila Busby, her two sons, and their family they left behind when they died, but the media is also concerned with what the DNA evidence might find and if an innocent man has been punished with the death penalty.  I think the media is pushing for the testing of the DNA evidence to obtain more information about this case and in order to make sure the right man is being punished for these crimes.