The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will hear the case of a Texas man currently on death row, who has been advocating for DNA testing to establish his innocence in the murder of an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery that took place decades ago.
The case pertains to Ruben Gutierrez, who was scheduled for execution by lethal injection for the 1998 stabbing of Escolastica Harrison in her home in Brownsville, Texas. Harrison, a mobile home park manager and retired teacher, was allegedly killed during a robbery attempt to steal over $600,000 that she had kept hidden in her residence due to her distrust of banks.
