DNA, Texas 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.
Kim Kardashian sued after misidentifying New York man as Texas death row inmate
Kim Kardashian is being sued for slander and libel after she posted an Instagram photo that inaccurately labeled a New York man as a Texas death row inmate.
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
U.S. Supreme Court grants Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip new trial
The justices reversed a lower court’s decision that had upheld Glossip’s conviction despite his allegations that prosecutors wrongly withheld evidence
Kim Kardashian sued for posting photo of wrong man while advocating for death row inmate
Ivan Cantu accuses Kim Kardashian of libel and invasion of privacy after she used his photo to advocate for another Ivan Cantu convicted of murder.
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
Kim Kardashian sued for accidentally mixing up NY man with Texas death row inmate in Instagram post
A New York man is suing Kim Kardashian for slander after she accidentally used his photo in an Instagram post about a Texas death row inmate who shared the same name.
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 Texas laws governing DNA testing.
What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put 592 people to death, according to online records. Charlie Brooks was that first in that span. He was executed on Dec. 7, 1982 for the kidnap/murder of a Fort Worth auto mechanic.
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.
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Inside Texas' death row 'God Pod,' where inmates earn extra privileges by converting to Christianity
In a desperate ploy to save their own lives, the inmates on Texas' death row are turning toward faith-based programs as a way ...
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Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...
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Taylor Parker Death Row update: Nuns pray, hoping to save women on Texas Death Row
Taylor Parker has been on Death Row for the murder of a pregnant mother after cutting her womb to take the unborn baby ...