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Texas kept Syed Rabbani on death row unconstitutionally for decades. It almost killed him.

by Clare Amari Published on November 30, 2023 Preview: It was the moans of agony that first caught Ben Wolff’s attention. As Wolff, a...

Judge declines to recommend hospice, parole for ex-death row inmate Syed Rabbani

by Clare Amari Published on November 17, 2023 Preview: A district court judge on Friday declined to recommend hospice or parole for...

‘Forgotten’ inmate Syed Rabbani taken off death row after waiting nearly 30 years

by Clare Amari Published on November 14, 2023 Preview: Nearly 30 years ago, death row inmate Syed Rabbani filed a legal appeal...

A Prosecutor’s Change of Heart in a Capital Case at the Supreme Court

by Adam Liptak Published on October 24, 2022 Preview: A state judge in Texas ruled that Areli Escobar, a death row inmate there, had been...

Death Row Inmate, His Prosecutor Ask SCOTUS to Intervene in Bad DNA Case

by Marcia Coyal Published on October 19, 2022 Preview: False DNA evidence dominated the 2011 trial of Texas death row inmate Areli...