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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.

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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. […]

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Supreme Court rules for Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to block execution

Ruben Gutierrez's lawyers say new evidence tests would help prove he was not responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman in South Texas.

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Justice Thomas unloads on SCOTUS for handing death row inmates 'a tool for obstruction' that will worsen 'already egregious delays'

For Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS had "no business intervening" in Ruben Gutierrez's DNA case and, as a result, handed death row ...

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Supreme Court roundup: Birthright citizenship, LGBTQ curriculum, and more

The U.S. Supreme Court issued nine opinions on Thursday and Friday, headlined by its decision on Trump v. CASA, Inc., which ...

11hon MSN

Clarence Thomas Decries Supreme Court Intervention

Justice Thomas has said the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Due Process clause created a "tool for obstruction." ...

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Texas set to execute Ruben Gutierrez in retired teacher's death on Tuesday. What to know.

By week's end, the country will have executed 11 death row inmates. Texas inmate Ruben Gutierrez, 47, is scheduled to die by lethal injection sometime after 6 p.m. CT for the 1998 beating ...

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