DNA Testing Controversy

For almost seventeen long anxious years Hank Skinner has be a man on death row constantly testing the system, hoping to find a way out. In 1995 Skinner was convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her two children and sentenced to death. At the time of his conviction Texas "didn’t have a post-conviction DNA testing law" to aid Skinner; however since then a law has been established and has "loosened restrictions" multiple times. Skinner has previously requested for a post-conviction DNA testing on three occasions that he believes will prove his innocence, however all three of those requests were denied. Skinner stated that he could not have committed the murder do to the fact that he was intoxicated and unconscious.
Although Skinner meets all the requirements in order to be eligible for the DNA testing, it's hard to believe he will be granted the testing considering all the recent failed attempts. There is obviously a glitch in the system and the enforcing of this law considering the post-conviction DNA testing drama alone has been going on for over a decade. The man should have been executed or released by now, instead of this long drawn out process. I do however understand that this is a man's life at risk, and with the numerous accounts of convicts being proven innocent in the past through this method, they want to be extremely sure and careful. I'm sure the time and extra effort that would go into an extra DNA test would contribute to the denial as it did in past cases such as the Ricky McGinn conviction in 1995 where the evidence was not enough to save the defendant and he was still executed.
I cannot say whether I think he is innocent or not although his case seems rather weak, but I do believe some change needs to made so this process cannot be dragged out like this and innocent people are not put to death in our system.