The Supreme Court has revived the case of a Texas death row inmate, Areli Escobar, who was convicted of the 2009 murder of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado. The court sent the case back to an appeals court in Texas for further consideration in light of the confession of error by Texas.
Escobar was convicted and sentenced to death in 2011 for the murder of Maldonado, who was stabbed and sexually assaulted. The state appeals court had overruled a lower court judge who documented the flaws in the forensic evidence used to convict Escobar.
The Supreme Court’s action returns the case to the appeals court. The inmate has the rare support of the state prosecutor’s office that put him on death row. The court’s brief order said that the justices threw out the Texas appeals court ruling that refused to grant Escobar a new trial.
Key takeaways:
- The Supreme Court has revived the case of Areli Escobar, who was convicted of the 2009 murder of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado.
- The court’s brief order threw out the Texas appeals court ruling that refused to grant Escobar a new trial.
- The Supreme Court’s decision to review the case is a sign that the court is taking the case seriously.
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