U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Consider Fairness of Hypnotizing Key Prosecution Witness in Texas Death Penalty Case

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Consider Fairness of Hypnotizing Key Prosecution Witness in Texas Death Penalty Case

On June 15, 2026, the United States Supreme Court declined to con­sid­er the appeal of Texas death-sen­tenced pris­on­er Charles Flores, whose death sen­tence was obtained through the use of a hyp­no­tized pros­e­cu­tion wit­ness. Mr. Flores has spent more than 25 years on death row for a mur­der he main­tains he did not com­mit. His con­vic­tion relied on the tes­ti­mo­ny of a neigh­bor who iden­ti­fied him — for the first time, at tri­al — onl…