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In July 2014, Judge Steven Emmert issued a ruling saying that "it was 'reasonably probable' Skinner would have still been convicted of a triple murder even if recently conducted DNA evidence had been available at his 1995 trial". The Attorneys for Skinner said they would appeal the decision to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/16/judge-rules-dna-evidence-doesnt-exonerate-skinner| work=Texas Tribune | first=Eli | last=Okun | title=Ruling goes against Death Row inmate Skinner | date=July 16, 2014}}</ref>
The Judicial District court continues to rule that the DNA testing is not favorable to the accused, while the defense team considers that the presence of an unknown third-party DNA detected, and the loss of evidence by the state should definitively rule out the reasonable character of the conviction and even more the death penalty.<ref>{{cite news
Skinner was scheduled to be executed on September 13, 2023, his sixth scheduled execution date. However, he died in February of that year.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220613-texas-death-row-inmate-optimistic-after-27-years | title=Texas death row inmate 'optimistic' after 27 years | publisher=France 24 | date=June 13, 2022 | access-date=December 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_scheduled_executions.html | title=Scheduled Executions | publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice | date=November 30, 2022 | access-date=December 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name="death">{{cite web |last=Burch |first=Jamie |date=February 16, 2023 |title=Pampa man on death row for triple murder dies 7 months before execution date |url=https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/pampa-man-on-death-row-for-triple-murder-dies-7-months-before-execution-date-henry-hank-sinner-pampa-texas-twila-busby-randolph-busby-elwin-caler-wooden-ax-handle-kitchen-knife-beat-choke-stab-huntsville |access-date=February 16, 2023 |website=KVII |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.is/jkv7S |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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