Texas court delays execution of man on death row

Texas court delays execution of man on death row for 32 years, days before he was set to die
A Texas appeals court on Tuesday 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 over the killings of six girls and young women found buried in the desert near El Paso.
Death row inmate to be executed after court overturns injunction
The United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office in overturning the injunction against Jessie Hoffman’s execution.
Texas execution of 'desert killer,' on death row for 30 years, blocked by court
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.
Federal appellate court vacates Texas death row inmate's murder conviction
State prosecutors withheld evidence favorable to Brittany Marlow Holberg during her 1998 murder trial that resulted in her being sentenced to death, a federal appellate court panel ruled Friday.
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.
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 appeals court blocks execution of David Leonard Wood
David Leonard Wood, the man sentenced to die for the 1987 deaths of six girls and young women whose bodies were buried in the Northeast El Paso desert, was scheduled to be executed on Thursday

Prosecutors to seek death penalty for husband

Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’
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Bill to repeal death penalty in Pa. gets bipartisan support in Legislature
The measure would remove the death penalty as a sentencing option, leaving life imprisonment without the possibility of ...
Hearing date set for death row inmate Nikko Jenkins to dismiss conviction appeal
A Nebraska death row inmate who penned a motion expressing his wishes to dismiss past conviction appeals has a hearing date ...