DNA, Supreme Court and Death Row

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.
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
Supreme Court Seems Divided Over Condemned Man's Request for DNA Testing
The Supreme Court is considering whether Ruben Gutierrez, on death row for his role in a 1998 murder of an elderly woman, has standing to challenge the constitutionality of Texas' DNA testing law.
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.
LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears case about a Texas man on death row suing for access to DNA testing
Gutierrez was condemned for the 1998 stabbing of Escolastica Harrison at her home in Brownsville, on the state’s southern tip.
14-year fight for DNA testing goes under Supreme Court microscope
Ruben Gutierrez is one of a rare group of death row inmates who have been granted repeated review by the high court.
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
Supreme Court preview: death row DNA challenge
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A Texas death row inmate is taking his request for DNA testing all the way to the Supreme Court. Ruben Gutierrez was convicted for the murder of an 85-year-old woman and sentenced to death.
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.
Supreme Court hears Texas death penalty case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Texas death penalty case against Ruben Gutierrez on Monday. Gutierrez was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of Escolastica Harrison in 1998.
Courthouse News Service9h
Death penalty DNA debacle sparks broader questions over compliance with court orders
Several Supreme Court justices worried that a low-profile death penalty appeal could upend fundamental judicial principles.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3d
Texas Jew on death row granted stay of execution
(JTA) — A stay of execution was upheld for a Jew on death row in Texas ... court case also involving DNA was resolved. That case was brought by a different Texas prisoner, Ruben Gutierrez. “ ...
USA Today12d
Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'
Now 20 years later, those who know him say he's a deeply faithful man who has become so gentle, he recently hand-raised a baby lizard in his cell on Texas Death Row. "The man I was 20 years ago ...