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.

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. […]

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.