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

After 31 years behind bars, David Wood, one of Texas’ longest-serving death row inmates, is scheduled for execution on March ...

In 1998, Ruben Gutierrez was convicted of capital ... 64 improperly limited the rights granted in another Texas statute (Article 11.071) governing successive habeas applications for death row inmates.

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

Here are some key moments in the serial killer's timeline: Jan. 15 – David Leonard Wood is paroled after serving seven years ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas - David Leonard Wood is angry. He’s angry that he’s been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades when no DNA evidence links him to the murders of six women and girls in El ...

Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.

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

Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by bullets, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair and lethal injection would risk a slower and more painful death. He was convicted of beating ...

Texas executed Death Row inmate Richard Lee Tabler on Thursday, 20 years after he fatally shot four people in what he described as a fit of rage. Texas used a lethal injection of pentobarbital to ...