Court Stays Execution of Texas Man

Stay granted for Texas death row inmate 2 days before scheduled execution
The state's Court of Criminal Appeals halted death row inmate David Leonard Wood's execution two days before it was set to happen.
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.
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 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.
Texas execution of 'desert killer,' on death row for 30 years, blocked by court
Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood's execution, which had been set for this week, was halted by a Texas appeals court on Tuesday. Wood, 67, has spent nearly 33 years on death row and had ...
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
Alabama to execute inmate who dropped appeals and asked for death
Alabama has set an execution date for an inmate who dropped his appeals this summer and asked to be put to death.
Witness reveals what it was like to watch ‘gruesome’ firing squad death
One terrible night 24 years ago, factory worker Brad Sigmon stayed up smoking crack cocaine and planning violent revenge.
South Carolina Executes Inmate by Firing Squad
The last time such an execution took place was 15 years ago, in Utah. The South Carolina inmate chose the method because of ...
South Carolina will execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad. Here’s how it will be done
Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in ...
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Japan carried out its first executions in two years on Dec. 21 by hanging three death row inmates, one of them a mass murderer, in Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture. Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa ...
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Here’s how people on death row meet their ends in each state
As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.
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South Carolina man Brad Sigmon executed by firing squad, first such execution in 15 years
A South Carolina man was executed by firing squad Friday — the first execution of its kind in the U.S. since 2010 and just the fourth firing squad execution since the death penalty resumed in ...
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What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, issued a stay of execution for David Leonard Wood. Wood, 67, had been set to die Thursday over the killings of six girls and ...
YNW Melly’s Trials Highlight Florida’s Unconstitutional Death Penalty Law
If convicted in a double homicide, Melly could be sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury — a practice with deep roots in ...
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Quin Hillyer: Federal judge was correct to delay barbaric execution by nitrogen gas
Available evidence indicates that death by nitrogen gas is inhumane, a violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition against ...