DNA, Death Row and U.S. Supreme Court

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 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 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
Kim Kardashian Sued After She Posted Wrong Photo of Death Row Inmate
Kim Kardashian is being sued after she used a photo of the wrong man to appeal to her hundreds of millions of Instagram followers last year to save a death row inmate. The reality star was hit with a lawsuit Thursday accusing her of libel and slander after she posted in February 2024 on behalf of a condemned killer,
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 claims would prevent his execution.
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.
81-year-old death row inmate dies weeks before his scheduled execution
Louisiana inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday, just over three weeks before he was scheduled to be put to death for ...
Louisiana's oldest death row inmate dies less than month before execution date
Christopher Sepulvado, 81, died Saturday at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, "from natural causes as a ...
Death row inmate dies one month before he’s set to be executed for brutal killing of young stepson
An 81-year-old death row inmate who was convicted of the brutal murder of his young stepson died one month before he was ...
Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before execution date
Louisiana death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado died Saturday his lawyers announced. He had been given an execution date in ...
Louisiana man on death row dies weeks before March execution date
A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson died days after a March ...
Son of death row inmate who died ahead of execution date speaks out
The son of convicted child killer, Christopher Sepulvado, is speaking out about his father for the first time in his life.
Louisiana death row inmate dies a month before scheduled execution
An octogenarian death row inmate scheduled to be Louisiana's first person put to death in 15 years next month has died, ...
Arizona voters could decide if death row inmates should face firing squad
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin discusses the push to inspect Fort Knox gold on 'The Claman Countdown.' JPMorgan CEO Jamie ...