Supreme Court backs death-row inmate after witness lied, third favorable ruling in weeks
The Supreme Court backed Florida death-row inmate Gary Whitton, overturning an Eleventh Circuit ruling that allowed his challenge to proceed by citing post-trial DNA evidence; the unsigned decision sends the case back for renewed consideration and mirrors a recent pattern of the Court siding with inmates facing execution. Justice Thomas dissented, arguing the court overstepped by intervening in this case while many other issues went unaddressed.