The U.S. Supreme Court handed down several rulings Thursday including two in favor of decades-old criminal defendants.

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. […] ...

A South Carolina Planned Parenthood sued the state alongside a patient, saying the ban infringed upon the patient’s right to choose her medical provider. Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch ...

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that ...

For Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS had "no business intervening" in Ruben Gutierrez's DNA case and, as a result, handed death row inmates "a tool for obstruction." The post Justice Thomas unloads on SCOTUS ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution. The 6-3 decision in favor of Ruben ...

Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz is responding to a new development in a death penalty case out of Brownsville. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ruben Gutierrez, ...

In July, the high court granted Ruben Gutierrez a stay of execution 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution.

The Supreme Court granted Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez the right to sue over DNA testing laws as he argues he shouldn't be given the death penalty for the 1998 murder he was convicted of.

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.