Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn't kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago.
Texas death row inmate's DNA testing case goes to US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by a Texas man who faces the death penalty for his role in the 1998 murder of an elderly mobile home park owner and is seeking DNA testing of evidence from the crime scene.
Supreme Court to review death penalty appeal challenging Texas’s DNA testing law
Ruben Gutierrez was sentenced to death for the 1998 Brownsville murder of an elderly woman. His execution was stayed in July.
Supreme Court to weigh Valley death row case after halting execution
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn’t kill an 85-year-old woman during a
Certain Texas death row inmates can vote in presidential election under little-known law
As millions prepare to go to the polls, a law that few are aware of could mean inmates across Texas, including those on death row may be eligible to vote and help decide the next election
Texas man set to be executed in case of 'shaken baby' death could be innocent
A man in Texas is scheduled to be put to death later this month, in what would be the country's first execution for "shaken baby syndrome". The controversial diagnosis has been successfully challenged in some previous criminal cases.
Death Penalty, Nuclear Waste and More: Supreme Court Rounds Out Coming Term
Three cases all stem from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, which often finds itself to the ...
Justices to Consider Inmate's DNA Request as Execution on Hold
The US Supreme Court agreed to take up a Texas death row inmate’s appeal challenging the state’s DNA testing statute as ...
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Judge denies request to free Hannah Gutierrez, armorer in fatal ‘Rust’ movie
A New Mexico judge has ruled that Hannah Gutierrez, the weapons handler in the ill-fated western movie “Rust,” must remain in prison for her role in the fatal shooting of the film’s ...
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Gallego rakes in close to $22M in third quarter for Arizona Senate race
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) raised close to $22 million in the third quarter of fundraising for this year in the Arizona Senate race, his campaign announced Thursday. Gallego’s campaign ...
Former Mexico City Finance Official to Be Named to Key Trade Job
The administration of Mexico’s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum plans to name a former top finance official from the nation’s capital for a key role negotiating trade ahead of the scheduled review ...
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Mayors from across the state tout support for Ruben Gallego for US Senate
Touting the support of the mayors of Arizona’s three most-populous cities on Thursday, U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego promised to be the voice of the state’s local governments in Washington.
U.S. Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove ...