The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ruben Gutierrez, a man sentenced to death in Texas, can move forward with a federal civil ...

His lawyers have said there was no physical or forensic evidence connecting him to a fatal stabbing decades ago.

A Texas death row inmate has standing to bring a §1983 due process claim challenging the state’s postconviction DNA testing ...

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

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

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

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

The Supreme Court stayed the execution of a condemned Texas prisoner on Thursday, mere minutes before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. Ruben Gutierrez insists he was wrongfully convicted ...

The Supreme Court, applying a relatively lax standard of constitutional scrutiny, agreed with Texas that its porn law was a ...

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court's conservative majority said a Maryland school board's decision to deny opt-outs for ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decomposing bodies sentenced to 20 years prison on fraud charges.