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 Brownsville woman in 1998.

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 postconviction DNA testing on evidence that he says would exonerate him. Rube

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

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 killing of Escolastica Harrison. Prosecutors say Gutierrez was part of a scheme to steal $600,

The Supreme Court is considering whether Ruben Gutierrez, on death row for his role in a 1998 murder of an elderly woman, has standing to challenge the constitutionality of Texas' DNA testing law.

The justices reversed a lower court’s decision that had upheld Glossip’s conviction despite his allegations that prosecutors wrongly withheld evidence

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Texas death penalty case against Ruben Gutierrez on Monday. Gutierrez was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of Escolastica Harrison in 1998.

Ruben Gutierrez, sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison, is suing for access to DNA testing. ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports.