Two Executions, Many Questions about Mental Health, Innocence
Gary Green and Arthur Brown Jr. are set to be killed next week by the State of Texas.
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Gary Green and Arthur Brown Jr. are set to be killed next week by the State of Texas.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will now reconsider Areli Escobar’s case, which relied on flawed forensics.
Areli Escobar was sentenced to death in 2011 for an Austin murder.
Areli Escobar was sentenced to death in 2011 for an Austin murder, but even prosecutors now agree his conviction relied heavily on faulty DNA testing by the discredited Travis County crime lab.
A district attorney in Texas, convinced that the evidence that sent Areli Escobar to death row was flawed, is supporting his request for a new trial.