August 17, 2026
The Tenth Circuit will not reconsider its decision upholding convicted murderer Brenda Andrew's death sentence after the U.S. Supreme Court revived her claim that the use of sexualized and gender-stereotyped evidence at trial violated her constitutional rights.
April 28, 2026
Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma's death row, is again asking the Tenth Circuit to consider whether gender bias and misogyny in her 2004 murder trial violated her constitutional right to a fair trial, her attorneys confirmed on Tuesday.
January 13, 2026
The Tenth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals correctly concluded that a woman sentenced to death for killing her husband received a fair trial, rejecting arguments that prosecutors' use of sexualized and gender-stereotyped evidence violated her constitutional rights.