Entries tagged with “Rigoberto Avila”
Policy Issues
Prosecutorial Accountability
,Mar 31, 2020
Texas Appeals Court Rejects Recommendation for New Trial for Death-Row Prisoner
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) has once again rejected the findings of a trial court that a death-row prisoner was entitled to relief from his conviction or death…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Mar 11, 2020
News Brief — Texas Appeals Court Rejects Recommendation for New Trial for Rigoberto Avila
NEWS (3/11/20): The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) has rejected the recommendation of an El Paso County trial court that death-row prisoner Rigoberto Avila should be granted a new trial as a result of the prosecution’s reliance on false and outdated scientific…
Policy Issues
Intellectual Disability
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Oct 10, 2018
Texas Courts Rule for Two Death-Row Prisoners on Intellectual Disability, Junk-Science Claims
Two Texas prisoners took steps away from death row as state courts ruled in their favor on issues involving false or faulty scientific evidence and argument. On October 5, 2018, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) granted a stay of execution to Juan Segundo (pictured, left), directing a Tarrant County trial court to reconsider a claim of intellectual disability that the courts had previously rejected…