The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Texas inmate Ruben Gutierrez seeking DNA testing.

The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Texas inmate Ruben Gutierrez just 20 minutes before he was due to receive a lethal injection. Gutierrez, who has maintained his innocence in the 1998 fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery, sought DNA testing that he believes would prove he was not involved in her death. The Supreme Court's indefinite stay was issued shortly before Gutierrez was to be taken to the Huntsville prison's death chamber.

July 17, 2024
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