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Justices send case of death-row inmate back to lower courts, grant new First Step Act case
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case to its argument docket for the 2026-27 term, granting another case ...
SCOTUSblog
The state of the death penalty at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday in Whitton v. Dixon sided with a death row inmate for the second time in less than a week, ...
A Supreme Court skeptical of death row appeals has recently sided with three inmates
The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a death row inmate in Florida who was blocked from challenging his sentence even ...
Justices Revive Death-Row Inmate’s Appeal Over Conviction (1)
The Supreme Court revived an appeal by a death-row inmate after finding a lower court improperly considered evidence never ...
Court-ordered hearing for Waco death row inmate Ramiro Rubi Ibarra remains unresolved 5 years later
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution for death row inmate Ramiro Rubi Ibarra more than five years ...
Inmate Who Filed Own Appeal Gets Supreme Court Review
The US Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a Texas inmate who represented himself in his initial appeal to the ...
Supreme Court Takes Up Pro Se Prisoner Appeal
Prisoner William Maxwell, who has since secured Supreme Court counsel, filed his own petition for review to the high court ...
Courthouse News Service
Texas prisoner wins Supreme Court review in self-represented petition
A Texas prisoner’s rare successful pro se petition sought clarification on applying the First Step Act, an issue the justices ...
WFMZ-TV
Supreme Court dismisses Alabama's bid to execute inmate with borderline intellectual disability
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Monday, May 18, 2026. WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Alabama's bid to be allowed to execute a convicted murder who was found ...
Spectrum News NY1
Mahmoud Khalil to appeal to Supreme Court in hopes of preventing deportation
Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team will seek an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to prevent the pro-Palestinian activist from being deported, according to a statement issued by the American ...