SCOTUS Directs Texas Appeals Court to Reconsider 2011 Murder Conviction Based on Faulty DNA Analysis
The Supreme Court ordered a Texas appeals court on Jan. 9 to reconsider the murder conviction of death row inmate Areli Escobar because the DNA evidence used to convict him was later discovered to be unreliable.
Texas had admitted in court papers filed with the Supreme Court that some of the evidence against Escobar was questionable and that he was entitled to a new trial but a state appeals court upheld the conviction.
Escobar’s attorney, Daniel Woofter of Goldstein and Russell, hailed the ruling.
“We are thrilled the Court stepped in to prevent a grave miscarriage of justice in Mr. Escobar’s capital case,” Woofter told The Epoch Times by email….