Court stays execution of Texas man

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.
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, who 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 court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
Wood has been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades even though ... during trial that the “case in the totality points to David Wood.” “It’s clear that the signature aspect of these ...
Texas Death Row inmate David Wood: Timeline of convicted serial killer set for execution
Here are some key moments in the serial killer's timeline: Jan. 15 – David Leonard Wood is paroled after serving seven years of two concurrent 20-year sentences for raping a 19-year-old and a 13-year-old in 1980. Feb. 14 – Marjorie Knox, 14, of the 400 block of Byrum in Chaparral, N.M., disappears. She remains missing.
'Desert Killer' execution paused by Texas appeals court
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday delayed the plans of the state to executed its longest-held death row inmate.
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.
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.
'I'm angry': Death Row inmate David Leonard Wood says he's innocent as execution nears
LIVINGSTON, Texas - David Leonard Wood is angry. He’s angry that he’s been on Texas Death Row for nearly four ...
Frustration grows as convicted 'Desert Killer" David Wood granted stay of execution
Frustration grows for the mother of one of the victims found in a Northeast El Paso desert as the man convicted in the ...