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The Supreme Court today ruled in favor of a Texas death row inmate who wants DNA testing to prove his ineligibility for execution.
The 6-3 decision grants Ruben Gutierrez the opportunity to have evidence tested, potentially proving his innocence in the stabbing death of 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison.
Gutierrez was originally sentenced in 1998 and has since had multiple execution dates stayed.
The most recent stay was in July, when the court granted a stay of execution just 20 minutes before his scheduled lethal injection.