The Way Through the Thicket in 'Gutierrez v. Saenz'
In Gutierrez, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether a Texas death-row inmate has standing to argue that the state's statute governing post-conviction DNA testing violates due process.
Supreme Court Seems Divided Over Condemned Man's Request for DNA Testing
The Supreme Court is considering whether Ruben Gutierrez, on death row for his role in a 1998 murder of an elderly woman, has standing to challenge the constitutionality of Texas' DNA testing law.
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Supreme Court divided over death row right to DNA evidence testing
The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over whether a Texas man on death row has a legal right to sue, known as standing, to bring federal civil rights claims challenging the constitutionality of the ...
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Suspected El Paso Serial Killer Near Execution Insists He’s Innocent
After 31 years behind bars, David Wood, one of Texas’ longest-serving death row inmates, is scheduled for execution on March ...
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Supreme Court hears Valley death row inmate’s case
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard from a lawyer for Valley man Ruben Gutierrez who is on death row. A jury sentenced him to death for the 1998 Brownsville killing of Escolastica Harrison.
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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 ...
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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. A ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on ...
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Discover the top 5 bathroom tile trends for 2025, from bold colors to handcrafted designs. Stay ahead of the curve with the ...
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14-year fight for DNA testing goes under Supreme Court microscope
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Ruben Gutierrez. Texas was set on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, to end its more than four-month delay in executions due to the ...
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U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas death row inmate’s appeal for DNA test of evidence
A ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez's case is expected to be delivered in the next few months. (Luke Johnson For The Texas Tribune, Luke Johnson For The ...
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U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas death row inmate’s appeal for DNA test of evidence
Ruben Gutierrez, 47, was sentenced to death for the 1998 killing of Escolastica Harrison in Brownsville. The 85-year-old woman was killed when Gutierrez and two other men broke into her mobile ...