Wood had been set to die by lethal injection Thursday over the killings of six girls and young women found buried in the ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid ...

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

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

As the state of Texas prepares to execute David Leonard Wood on March 13, here are the stories of the nine women and girls he ...

Executive Director for the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences writes that Texas is about to execute what they believe ...

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

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

Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and ...

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.

The case of a victim’s mother and one of the longest-serving death row prisoners shows how capital appeals can seem both ...