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

Areli Escobar was convicted and sentenced to death in 2011 in the murder and sexual assault of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado, but his attorneys moved to secure a new trial after a state audit ...

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

The United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate convicted of sexually assaulting and ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar, despite support for a new ...

Areli Escobar's bid for a new trial has drawn the support of the Travis County District Attorney's Office, which originally put him on death row. In 2011, Escobar was convicted and sentenced to ...

Areli Escobar has sought a new trial since a damning audit of APD's crime lab. The same office that prosecuted him has supported his efforts.

The justices left in place a Texas appeals court ruling that upheld the murder conviction and death sentence for Areli Escobar, even though Escobar’s case is similar to that of an Oklahoma man ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short ...