US Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Texas Child Sex Offender’s Conviction

US Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Texas Child Sex Offender’s Conviction

The case focuses on the interpretation of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act regarding the use of habeas corpus petitions. The post US Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Texas Child Sex Offender’s Conviction
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Supreme Court Upholds Texas Conviction of Child Sex Abuser – Texas Herald News – Texas News, covers news and events in Houston, Austin, West Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the Supreme Court of the United States has unanimously upheld the rule of law, ensuring that convicted child sexual abuser Danny Richard Rivers, Jr., 43, will remain in prison. The decision rejects Rivers’ attempt to circumvent procedural barriers in federal court to challenge his state conviction. “In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court sided with Texas and ensured that dangerous convicted cr…