DNA, Death Row and Supreme Court

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
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Supreme Court rejects PIL seeking regulation of internet prices and named Reliance Jio and Airtel: No please, go to ...
The Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking regulation of internet prices. The petitioner argued most of the market is with ...
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SC to Leo Marcos: Explain withdrawal from senatorial race
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered former aspirant Francis Leo Marcos to explain why he should not be cited in ...
Cassius Turvey murder trial: WA Supreme Court releases footage of teen in minutes before alleged murder
An Indigenous teenager was spotted holding his bloody head after being chased into bushland by two men with metal poles, a ...
'Highly excessive': SC quashes RJD MLC Sunil Kumar Singh’s expulsion for comments on Nitish Kumar
The Supreme Court has overturned the Bihar legislative council’s decision to expel RJD MLC Sunil Kumar Singh, deeming the ...