Texas death row inmate at mercy of Supreme Court

Re:Texas death row inmate at mercy of Supreme Court – and ju... by vorpalhex on Sunday September 24, 2023 @01:32PM (#37635230)

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/06/17/appeals-court-halts-...

Yes, this article is from 2016 and yes it's in Texas which has a strong law which allows throwing out bad science.

The suspect forensic claim was such a small part of the evidence against the defendent that it didn't survive appeals.

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Re:Texas death row inmate at mercy of Supreme Court – and ju... by Arainach on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:21PM (#37636769)

The person alleging he hit the daughter is his ex wife and her own sister testified she is a recurrent liar.

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Re:Texas death row inmate at mercy of Supreme Court – and ju... by pyuser583 on Sunday September 24, 2023 @09:57PM (#37638914)

Texas has a really good reputation when it comes to throwing out junk science.

But it also means prosecutors often avoid scientific evidence in favor of witness testimony.

It also creates situations where no DNA test is done on evidence. On appeal the defense says “the prosecution didn’t even do dna testing!” But during the trial the defense wasn’t asking for it (and neither was prosecution) so of course it didn’t happen.

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