Henry ` ` Hank '' Skinner was scheduled for execution , in 1994 . A federal appeals court granted a stay of execution . Skinner 's lawyers say DNA testing could prove his innocence . And in a letter to the Dallas Morning News published Sunday , the foreman of the jury that sentenced Skinner to death urged his execution be stayed `` until all of the uncertainty is resolved . '' He was convicted of killing his wife and her two adult sons in 1993 .
Henry ` ` Hank '' Skinner was scheduled for execution , in 1994 . A federal appeals court granted a stay of execution . Skinner 's lawyers say DNA testing could prove his innocence . He was convicted of killing his wife and her two adult sons in 1993 .