Justices Side With Texas Death Row Inmate Seeking DNA Testing To Show He Shouldn’t Be Executed | EUROtoday

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday dominated for a Texas dying row inmate who’s searching for DNA testing to indicate he ought to be ineligible for execution.

The 6-3 determination in favor of Ruben Gutierrez provides him a possible path to have proof examined that his legal professionals say would assist show he was not answerable for the deadly stabbing of an 85-year-old lady throughout a house theft many years in the past.

His legal professionals have mentioned there was no bodily or forensic proof connecting him to the killing and that he was not a significant participant within the crime. Two others additionally had been charged within the case.

Gutierrez’s legal professionals argued that his case was much like that of Rodney Reed, one other longtime dying row inmate in Texas who additionally received a spherical on the Supreme Court in his struggle for DNA testing that he says would present he’s harmless of homicide.

In July, the excessive court docket granted Gutierrez a keep of execution 20 minutes earlier than he was to obtain a deadly injection.

Gutierrez was sentenced to dying for the 1998 killing of Escolastica Harrison at her dwelling in Brownsville in Texas’ southern tip. Prosecutors mentioned the killing of the cell dwelling park supervisor and retired instructor was a part of an try and steal greater than $600,000 that she had hidden in her dwelling due to her distrust of banks.

Gutierrez had a number of earlier execution dates lately that had been delayed, together with over points associated to having a religious adviser within the dying chamber. In June 2020, Gutierrez was about an hour from execution when he acquired a keep from the Supreme Court.