Entries tagged with “Richard Federico”
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,Aug 19, 2026
Tenth Circuit Declines to Rehear Appeal in Brenda Andrew’s Case Over Powerful Dissent
On August 14, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit declined to reconsider Brenda Andrew’s case and the totality of the evidence in determining whether her trial was fundamentally unfair — leaving in place a panel ruling that found gender-biased evidence at her trial did not amount to a constitutional violation. Ms. Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, asked the Tenth Circuit in April 2026 to rehear her case *en banc*, arguing that a…