DNA, Death row and 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
Court upholds man’s conviction for killing Jackson firefighter
The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of the man who was sentenced in the 2020 shooting death of a Jackson ...
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Court dismisses McComb attorney’s appeal in murder case
The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled against a McComb attorney’s appeal to disqualify a special judge appointed in his case.
A Jackson mayoral candidate is suing after being disqualified from the upcoming election
Ali M. ShamsidDeen is suing the Jackson Democratic Executive Committee after he was disqualified from running in the upcoming ...
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Conviction, sentence upheld of former MDOC man convicted of sexual crimes with minor
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - A former probation officer will remain jailed after the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed his 2022 ...
Biloxi lawyer spent friend’s $215,000 at casino, bar complaint says. Now, she’s being sued
A woman thought her money would be protected in her attorney friend’s law firm trust account. Here’s what happened.
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Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court declined Monday to decide whether a permanent voting ban on people convicted of felonies in Mississippi is cruel and unusual punishment. The court, in 2023 ...
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Supreme Court won’t weigh Mississippi’s voting ban for felons
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people convicted of certain felonies from voting should be overturned. The Jim Crow-era practice extends ...
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Mississippi’s permanent felony voting ban returns to the court
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled t ...
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US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Mississippi lifetime ban on voting by felons
The provision was adopted in 1890 during Jim Crow era Lower court rejected a lawsuit challenging the policy Plaintiffs argued that the policy violates US Constitution Jan 27 (Reuters) - The U.S ...
Ex-Deputy Describes Rampant Violence by Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’
From a prison cell, one former deputy recounted how illegal searches and brutal beatings were used for years to help make ...
Supreme Court upholds conviction of man sentenced for killing Jackson firefighter
A Jackson man sentenced to life in prison for killing a Jackson firefighter has had his conviction upheld by the Mississippi ...
Mississippi Judge Orders Newspaper To Take Down Editorial Criticizing City Board for Secrecy
A Mississippi state judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing city officials from its website, a move that ...