Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.
'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 ...
South Carolina death row inmate to be executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years
A man convicted of a double murder is scheduled to be executed in South Carolina Friday night by firing squad - a method that ...
Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halts execution of death row inmate David Leonard Wood
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, court records show.
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Here’s how people on death row meet their ends in each state
As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.
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Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carr ...
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'I'm angry': Death Row inmate David Leonard Wood says he's innocent as execution nears
In an hour-long interview with USA TODAY at the state’s Death Row ... by far the nation’s deadliest state for Death Row inmates. “I’m accused of killing six people when an entire police ...
Louisiana death row inmate pushes against nitrous hypoxia execution
A judge is set to decide this week whether the use of nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman in Louisiana is constitutional. Hoffman, convicted of raping and killing a woman nearly 30 years ago in St.