Texas, Wood and Death Row

Texas 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood gets rare stay of execution: What to know
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid lack of DNA evidence.
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 33 years on death row for the crimes.
Texas Death Row inmate David Wood 'Desert Killer' maintains innocence days before execution
Thirty-seven years to the day, the state of Texas is set to execute Wood for the killing of six of those victims, whose bodies were found strangled and raped in a Northeast El Paso desert. Wood is scheduled to be executed after 5 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Huntsville Unit prison.
Court Stays Execution of Texas Man Days Before He Was Set to Die by Lethal Injection
A Texas appeals court has halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week
Texas execution of David Wood stayed by court
Wood had been set to die by lethal injection Thursday over the killings of six girls and young women found buried in the desert near El Paso.
Stay granted for Texas death row inmate 2 days before scheduled execution
The state's Court of Criminal Appeals halted death row inmate David Leonard Wood's execution two days before it was set to happen.
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Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
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Texas, Louisiana both halted imminent executions on Tuesday. What's going on?
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25-year sentence for Delivery of a Controlled Substance among those handed down in district court
The office of District Attorney Micheal Murray issued the following press release regarding felony cases recently heard in ...
'Armed and dangerous': Police seek 2 men in killing of Texas rapper G$ Lil Ronnie, daughter
The Texas Rangers and Forest Hill police are looking for two men wanted in connection with the murders of rapper G$ Lil ...
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At My Texas Prison, Solitary Confinement All But Guarantees Sexual Exploitation by Guards
After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...
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Texas DPS Raises Reward to $6,000 for Capture of Wanted Sex Offender Carlos Ayala Morales in Harris County
DPS names repeat offender Carlos Ayala Morales as March's Featured Fugitive, offering a $6,000 reward for tips.
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What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website. In Texas, from 1819 to 1923, people in Texas were put to death by hanging. In 1923, according to the Texas Department of ...