The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay.

A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the conviction and death sentence of Brittany Holberg, who was 25 when she was ...

The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, court records ...

Wood's conviction of the murders of six women and girls in El Paso, Texas in 1987 was largely based on circumstantial ...

After the woman spent 27 years on death row for killing an 80-year-old man, the court found that prosecutors failed to reveal ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday delayed the plans of the state to executed its longest-held death row inmate.

The execution date for a death row inmate and Tom Green County native dubbed the “Desert Killer” who was convicted of ...

A federal appeals court has reversed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...

Facing an execution date of March 13, time is short. USA TODAY Death Row Reporter Amanda Lee Myers had an exclusive sit-down ...

One of the “Texas 7" death row inmates convicted of killing an Irving police officer after escaping from prison 25 years ago ...