Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case
Certain Texas death row inmates can vote in presidential election under little-known law
As millions prepare to go to the polls, a law that few are aware of could mean inmates across Texas, including those on death row may be eligible to vote and help decide the next election
Texas death row inmate's DNA testing case goes to US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by a Texas man who faces the death penalty for his role in the 1998 murder of an elderly mobile home park owner and is seeking DNA testing of evidence from the crime scene.
Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn't kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago.
Texas prisoners, death row inmates may be eligible to vote under little-known elections law
Under a little-known Texas elections law, state prison inmates who are actively appealing their convictions are eligible to register and vote.
Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed asks for DNA evidence to be retested
The highest court in the land did reject Reed’s request for a new trial in July of 2024. The rejection means the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision to deny Reed a new trial stands. The court ruled in 2023 that the testimony of 47 new witnesses in a 2021 evidentiary hearing would not have changed the outcome of Reed’s original trial.
Texas lawmakers meet with Palestine man on death row
On Friday, Republicans and Democrats from the Texas House of Representatives met with death row inmate and Palestine native, Robert Roberson. Visit this article to learn more: KETK/FOX51 News covers East Texas,
Texas prisoners, including death row inmates, may be able to vote under little-known elections law
Many state prison inmates in Texas, including people on death row, are eligible to vote — and might not even know it.
Supreme Court to review death penalty appeal challenging Texas’s DNA testing law
Ruben Gutierrez was sentenced to death for the 1998 Brownsville murder of an elderly woman. His execution was stayed in July.
Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed’s team argues for additional DNA testing in 5th Circuit
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Monday on two issues pursued by death-row prisoner Rodney Reed, including Texas’ interpretation of post-conviction DNA testing and Reed’s claims of prosecutorial misconduct and exclusion of vital evidence in his case.
Is Texas man on death row innocent?
Is Texas man on death row innocent?
TX lawmakers request clemency for death row inmate
Texas rarely grants clemency for death row inmates, but that’s not stopping a group of bipartisan lawmakers from showing ...
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Final Feast: Infamous Death Row Inmates' Last Meals Before Execution
Tucker is the second woman to be executed on Texas’s death row. According to CNN, Tucker was very avid about her health at the time, so her last meal was very light, which included a salad with ...
'Very precious:' Baby boy killed by Texas death row inmate Travis James Mullis was loved
Baby Alijah's family never got the chance to see him grow up after he died at the hands of his father. Now Travis James ...
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Coalition of lawmakers seek clemency for East Texas man on death row
State Rep. Jay Dean of Longview is one of 86 Republican and Democratic Texas House members urging clemency for an East Texas ...