Texas elections law says state prison inmates who are appealing their convictions are eligible to register. Many lawyers and voting rights advocates were unaware of the rule.

The death row inmate, Ruben Gutierrez, appealed a lower court's ruling against his challenge to a Texas law limiting the use of DNA testing after a person has been convicted of a crime. The Supreme Court is due to hear the case during its new nine-month term that begins on Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn't kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago. The order came down Friday in the case of Ruben Gutierrez,

Altman is reportedly accused of shooting Rex Plant, the chief of the Memphis, Texas, police, just after 10:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3. Authorities said Plant and another officer

A blue alert has been issued in Texas for Seth Altman. He is suspected of injuring a police officer and is believed to be armed and dangerous.

Texas authorities issued a Blue Alert around 4:50 a.m. Friday morning, launching a statewide search for a man suspected of injuring an officer.