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Supreme Court rules Texas death row inmate can sue over state DNA testing laws
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing in a bid to test evidence he says would block his execution.
Court rules in favor of death row inmate
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the constitutionality of state laws governing DNA testing. […]
Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn't be executed
The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Texas death row inmate pushing for DNA evidence tests
Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that he says will prove he’s not a murderer.
US Supreme Court rules in favor of Texas death row inmate in untested DNA case
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Texas death row inmate in a challenge over whether he had standing to sue a district attorney who refused to test DNA evidence.
Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Prisoner Seeking DNA Testing
For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman.
Justices revive death row inmate’s DNA testing claims
A Texas death row inmate has standing to bring a §1983 due process claim challenging the state’s postconviction DNA testing procedures, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 in reversing a decision from the 5th Circuit.
Texas decades-old DNA testing fight falls short at SCOTUS
For the second time in as many years, the Supreme Court intervened as Texas prisoners sought to navigate the Lone Star State’s strict DNA testing statute.
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SCOTUS Backs Texas Death Row Inmate's DNA Testing Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision on Thursday, determined a Texas death row inmate is entitled to contest the state's restrictive DNA testing law in federal court.
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Supreme Court rules for Texas death row inmate - WYFF News 4
Two others also were charged in the case.Gutierrez's lawyers argued that his case was similar to that of Rodney Reed, another longtime death row inmate in Texas who also won a round at ...
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Supreme Court rules for Texas death row inmate - WPBF Channel 25
Two others also were charged in the case.Gutierrez's lawyers argued that his case was similar to that of Rodney Reed, another longtime death row inmate in Texas who also won a round at ...
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Supreme Court rules for Texas death row inmate - KCRA Channel 3
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.