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For those charges. but many believe those teenagers are innocent of the crime. this man sued the dixie chicks for defamation because they claim the lead singer of the band natalie maines implied that he terry hobbs was involved in his own stepsons death. natalie maines says new dna testing would prove hobbs was involved in a public rally in arkansas. he sued her and a judge ruled terry hobbs doesnt have a case and the judge ordered terry hobbs to pay her legal costs to the tune of $17,000. is th...

Meal, and he was on the phone, i believe, with his daughter, just a few minutes prior. he was in contact with his attorney. that attorney relayed to him that the execution was stayed. >> larry: so you didnt tell him, the attorney told him. >> yes, sir. >> larry: what was his first reaction? >> you know, certainly, he was ecstatic, understandably, when we talked with him, he said that he felt like the execution was going to go through, and he was prepared for that. he said that he was weak in his...

Just saw who is a free man and innocent and really i think as the supreme court stay will allow us to make clear whether or not hank skinner is guilty or innocent, everyone agrees he should have an opportunity to prove that innocence through dna testing before hes executed and the ultimate punishment is carried out. >> larry: when does the court take up whether they will hear it? >> we dont know. as you alluded to earlier, it could be a matter of days, and the stay may be over, and we could be r...

Or three people you would get on with and hank was one of them. that was in 1996. >> larry: why would you marry someone on death row? >> its a very long story. the marriage is really part of our personal life. ive been a long time abolitionist before i met hank and long after if he is to be executed. the reason we did marry, first of all, is because we love each other. and its because i wanted to carry his name. we felt that if he was going to be executed, i would fight to get the dna testing do...

The innocence project is that no amount of speculation about a persons guilt can substitute for a dna test. people said a lot of the same things about curtis mccardy, one of our former clients who you just saw who is a free man and innocent and really i think as the supreme court stay will allow us to make clear whether or not hank skinner is guilty or innocent, everyone agrees he should have an opportunity to prove that innocence through dna testing before hes executed and the ultimate punishme...

>> larry: joining sandrine and curtis in huntsville, tax is the rernds reverend magert. she told me the innocence project has 251 inmates out of prison with dna testing. that means they were incorrectly convicted. based on some of the evidence, texas authorities say he was found close by wearing heavily bloodstained jeans and socks bearing a gash on his right hand. authorities also say blood on the shirt he was wearing at the time of the arrest was twilas and her sons. nina, isnt that incriminat...

The court will hear the case and will decide whether dna should be used? >> well, actually, the question before the supreme court is not whether the dna should be used in his case. the question as to the supreme court at the moment is whether first conviction and first conviction appeal process, you can go through a civil process or the habous process only. in certain states you can use the civil pros, in other states you can use the habous process. hank has been denied through the habous proces...

Whether the dna should be used in his case. the question as to the supreme court at the moment is whether first conviction and first conviction appeal process, you can go through a civil process or the habeas process only. in certain states you can use the civil pros, in other states you can use the habeas process. hank has been denied through the habeas process, dna testing. his attorneys because she is refusing to release the evidence to the current attorney for private testing. lets not forge...

>> well, principally because i was on death row and it wasnt until the add vent of dna testing that i had any hope that i would obtain my own freedom. it did happen. thats why im here to represent to the principle that law enforcement has a obligation to do dna testing even if there is exculpatory evidence. >> larry: youre not judging hank guilty or innocent. you want the dna to be entered. >> thats correct. i think hank has a compelling case of innocence. the state of texas has an obligation th...

It was called the lamp of hope. i started translating the newslett newsletter. a friend said if you want to correspond, i think theres two or three people you would get on with and hank was one of them. that was in 1996. >> larry: why would you marry someone on death row? >> its a very long story. the marriage is really part of our personal life. ive been a long time an listingist before i met average and long after if he is to be executed. we married because we love each other and its because i...