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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar, who sought a new trial supported by the prosecutor's office that originally convicted him.
Escobar was convicted in 2011 for the 2009 murder of Bianca Maldonado, using DNA evidence that was later deemed unreliable.
The case highlights issues with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which upheld Escobar's conviction despite acknowledging problems with the evidence.

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Several Adamawa indigenes that included an ex-senator among other Nigerians have pleaded with the state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, to exercise his prerogative of mercy to pardon and grant respite leading to the release of Mr. Sunday Jackson, who was recently sentenced to death by the Supreme Court. Arewa PUNCH reports that the recent Supreme Court’s

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SCOTUS rejects appeal for Texas death row inmate convicted of killing Austin teen

Areli Escobar was convicted and sentenced to death for the sexual assault and murder of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado in Austin in 2009.

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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor's office that originally put him on death row.

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Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate’s appeal over DNA evidence

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene over a Texas death row inmate’s claim that his murder conviction should be thrown out because DNA evidence used at trial was later found to be flawed. The justices turned away the appeal brought by Areli Escobar, who was convicted of the 2009 murder of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado. In an unusual twist, prosecutors had agreed that the evidence was faulty and that a new trial was appro…

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The Supreme Court rejects a Texas death row inmate's appeal

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor’s office that originally put him on death row.

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Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate's appeal over DNA evidence

The Supreme Court for a second time intervened over a Texas death row inmate who claims his murder conviction should be thrown out because DNA evidence used at trial was later found to be flawed.

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