DNA, Supreme Court and Death Row

U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas death row inmate’s appeal for DNA test of evidence
Ruben Gutierrez wants to be able to sue prosecutors to compel them to test evidence that he says will prove he did not kill a Brownsville woman in 1998.
Supreme Court Justices Appear Narrowly Divided Over Death Row Prisoner Plea for DNA Testing
The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.
Supreme Court to consider death row plea for DNA testing
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain postconviction DNA testing on evidence that he says would exonerate him. Rube
TN Supreme Court upholds law giving AG more power in death penalty cases. Why it matters
The state's highest court upheld a law transferring more control of death penalty cases from local district attorneys to the state attorney general.
Death row inmate asks Supreme Court to hear oral arguments
JACKSON – Attorneys for death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford want the state’s highest court to hear oral arguments in the latest appeal of his 30-year-old capital murder conviction and death sentence.
Supreme Court hears Texas death penalty case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Texas death penalty case against Ruben Gutierrez on Monday. Gutierrez was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of Escolastica Harrison in 1998.
Supreme Court appears swayed by Texas death row inmate’s request for DNA testing
The Supreme Court appeared swayed by a Texas death row inmate’s argument he has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing, as he seeks to obtain testing on evidence he claims would prevent his execution.
LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears case about a Texas man on death row suing for access to DNA testing
Gutierrez was condemned for the 1998 stabbing of Escolastica Harrison at her home in Brownsville, on the state’s southern tip.
Trump and GOP are ‘overreading’ a landmark Supreme Court decision as they target DEI, legal experts argue
As part of a rapidly escalating war on corporate and government diversity, equity and inclusion programs, President Donald ...
Few prisoners claiming abuses have access to a jury trial. The Supreme Court could soon change that.
A Clinton-era law, the PLRA, stymied prisoner lawsuits claiming serious harm. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over ...
Straight woman lost two jobs to gay colleagues. Supreme Court will decide if she can sue.
The case could lead to an influx of 'reverse discrimination' claims as the nation turns away from diversity, equity and ...
An Important Judicial Tool Mysteriously Goes Missing at the Supreme Court
The justices have all but stopped issuing summary reversals, which are unsigned decisions used to correct clear errors by ...
Supreme Court rules that government watchdog fired by Trump may temporarily remain on the job
The Supreme Court on Friday dashed President Donald Trump’s plan to immediately fire the head of an independent agency that ...