The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for ...

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

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

As of Feb. 6, 2025, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter.

U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas death row inmate’s appeal for DNA test ... Ruben Gutierrez wants to be able to sue prosecutors to compel them to test evidence that he says will prove he did not ...

NPR's John Burnett reports on the case of Cesar Fierro, a Mexican national who is on death row for killing an El Paso taxi driver. Fierro confessed to the crime - but now, even the prosecutor in ...

Charles Thompson, a double killer who has been on Death Row for 25 years, opened up about the grim reality of his situation. Convicted in 1998 for the shooting of his ex-girlfriend Dennise Hayslip ...

Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed continues to fight for his innocence and access to DNA testing as his case enters its 25th year, with ongoing roadblocks from the Bastrop County District ...

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 ...

Blaine Milam, on Texas death row for a 2008 toddler killing, is set to be executed after a new date was announced. Beaumont Enterprise Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo. Skip to main content.