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.

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states ...

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.

The federal appeals court said the prosecution failed to disclose that a key trial witness was a paid informant.

As of Feb. 6, 2025, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...

O’Daniel Unit, a Gatesville prison that houses females on death row, among other inmates. Texas leads the country in executions and is among the top three in imposing death sentences.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' brief order on Tuesday recognized the claims in death row inmate David Leonard Wood’s appeal and granted an indefinite stay of his execution. Credit ...