Texas court delays execution of man on death row for 32 years, days before he was set to die
A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set ...
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Woman on death row for nearly three decades has conviction overturned after shocking new information is revealed
On 27 March 1998, Brittany Holberg was sentenced to death for the robbery, torture and murder of 80-year-old Texas-local, A.
Texas execution of 'desert killer,' on death row for 30 years, blocked by court
David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly ...
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Stay granted for Texas death row inmate two days before scheduled execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay.
Federal appeals court reverses conviction of Texas woman on death row after 27 years
The federal appeals court said the prosecution failed to disclose that a key trial witness was a paid informant.
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What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
As of Feb. 6, 2025, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...
'I'm angry': Death Row inmate David Leonard Wood says he's innocent as execution nears
Wood's conviction of the murders of six women and girls in El Paso, Texas in 1987 was largely based on circumstantial ...
Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...
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Texas Death Row inmate David Wood 'Desert Killer' maintains innocence days before execution
"This is the first case of its type to be tried in Texas and it will create new law," said Norbert Garney who represented ...