The Supreme Court returned the case of Areli Escobar, a Texas inmate on death row, to an appeals court on Monday. The high court had initially declined to do so.

The high court's action returns the case to the appeals court. Escobar was convicted and sentenced to death in the May 2009 fatal stabbing and sexual assault of Bianca Maldonado, a 17-year-old ...

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a challenge by a death row inmate in Oklahoma who claims prosecutors “sex-shamed” her during her trial ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing in a bid to test evidence he says would block his execution. Ruben ...

Supreme Court to take up Oklahoma death row inmate's appeal 03:48. Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with a bid by Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip to toss out his ...

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

The Supreme Court in 2017 ruled for a Black death row inmate who was sentenced after an expert witness testified he was statistically more likely to act violently in the future because of his race.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday revived claims by a Texas inmate who has the rare support of the state prosecutor’s office that put him on death row. The justices threw out a Texas ...

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 ...