The death row inmate, Ruben Gutierrez, appealed a lower court's ruling against ... In the current case, he has argued that the Texas law limiting DNA testing violated his constitutional right ...
With his execution looming last Thursday, the 57-year-old Texas death row inmate ... case remains fluid, and if the last week has been any indicator, it could continue to evolve dramatically. Here ...
Several other death penalty appeals, meanwhile, are pending on the Supreme Court’s ... death row inmate in Texas who was denied an opportunity to seek post-conviction DNA testing. The case ...
Ohio death-row inmate ... BCI’s assertion that critical evidence gathered at the scene of the crime is contaminated to the point that it is “scientifically unsuitable” for DNA testing. “The ...
The Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court’s decision blocking a death row inmate’s execution because he says he’s intellectually disabled, ordering the lower court to issue a clearer ...
The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose ... of Roberson's case. Brian Wharton, the lead detective who investigated the death of Roberson's daughter in east Texas city of Palestine ...
Abbott last agreed to spare the life of a death row inmate ... DNA, fingerprints and bitemark analysis — undercuts the integrity of their trial. Related: Top Texas criminal appeals court tosses ...
The latest death penalty news from The Texas Tribune. The Texas governor had not publicly shared his thoughts on the actions of a bipartisan group of lawmakers that stopped the scheduled execution of ...