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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Texas death row inmate in a challenge over whether he had standing to sue a district ...

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

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. Skip to main content.

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

By a vote of 6-3, the justices cleared the way for Ruben Gutierrez’s challenge to move forward – and potentially obtain DNA testing that he contends will clear him. In a 14-page opinion, Justice Sonia ...

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

That’s the legal terrain Ruben Gutierrez has spent more than two decades navigating and that finally resulted in the Supreme Court’s intervention on Thursday.

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.