U. S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued three dissenting opinions as the nation’s highest court released decisions ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Texas death-row inmate Rodney Reed, leaving intact lower-court ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion that Texas death row prisoner Ruben Gutierrez should be permitted to continue his lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's post-conviction ...

The death-row inmate in Texas has maintained his innocence in the 1996 rape and murder of a police officer’s fiancée.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed’s fight for DNA testing nearly three years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A technician removes tubes containing genetic material in this 2010 McClatchy file photo. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) A ...

At 11:33 a.m., Ivory resumes his testimony as the defense cross-examines him regarding the DNA examination process and its application to the evidence. There is another recess at 12:30 p.m. At 10:22 a ...

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has put DNA testing at its crime lab on hold as it works to determine the source of “sporadic DNA contamination.” The sheriff’s office said it appears the ...

James Duckett has been temporarily spared from execution pending the results of a DNA test that his lawyers say will ...

An apparent large-scale operation Friday night tied to the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie marks a "significant escalation" in the Arizona case, with investigators now racing to canvas ...