They worked together — and they killed together. That’s what police say of Anthony Rojas-Gutierrez, Andrew Espinoza and Ruben Sonni Martinez, who ...

The debate mirrors a prior case. According to the Times, Rodney Reed, another Texas death row prisoner who sought DNA testing ...

Former Texas death row inmate John Henry Ramirez's story is told in the documentary short, "I Am Ready, Warden," which is up for an Academy Award this Sunday. The Houston attorney who won his case ...

Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez recently filed bills that included raising the age requirement for certain weapons.

The day began with remarks from State Senator Roland Gutierrez at the First United Methodist Church of Austin, followed by a ...

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 ...

Sharon Basch is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law filing occasional dispatches from Washington DC this semester.  I made my way to the US Supreme Court press box for JURIST Monday ...

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 ...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard from a lawyer for Valley man Ruben Gutierrez who is on death row. A jury sentenced him to death for the 1998 Brownsville ...

The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain ...

Several Supreme Court justices worried that a low-profile death penalty appeal could upend fundamental judicial principles.