High Court Denies Tarrant County Capital Murder Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to hear the appeal of a Tarrant County man sentenced to death for a triple murder. Amos Wells killed his pregnant girlfriend, her brother, and their mother after an argument in 2013. Wells’ defense team tried to argue that he was predisposed to commit violence because he inherited “the warrior gene.” Appellate attorneys claimed that their defense is “junk science.”