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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.
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 appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.
Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.
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 of Criminal Appeals halts execution of death row inmate David Leonard Wood
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, court records show.
Texas execution of David Wood stayed by court
Wood had been set to die by lethal injection Thursday over the killings of six girls and young women found buried in the desert near El Paso.
'Desert Killer' execution paused by Texas appeals court
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday delayed the plans of the state to executed its longest-held death row inmate.

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Converse Teen Joins Texas' 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List, Sought for Capital Murder and Other Charges
Texas authorities add a Converse teenager to the top 10 most wanted fugitives list for capital murder and other charges.
14-year-old Texas girl stabbed to death by knife-wielding classmate during school fight
The attacker — which the Killeen Police Department confirmed was also an underage female — was quickly apprehended.
Suzanne Simpson murder: Texas attorneys sift through evidence as husband’s case rocks affluent neighborhood
Texas real estate agent Suzanne Simpson vanished in a wealthy area of San Antonio in October 2024, and the case is ...
Word of her murder in California surprised a woman living in Texas
Dorothia Diaz was unaware until recently that she was the subject of a cold case search by an investigative team that thought ...
Withheld evidence, coerced confessions? The capital murder case that's dividing a North Texas county
As the judge and current district attorney clash over the case, the outcome could reshape the future of justice in Cooke ...
Alex Jones blames Democrats for 'brutal murder' of InfoWars reporter
A longtime reporter with controversial radio show InfoWars was killed in a residential neighborhood in Austin over the ...
The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles
P eter greeted me in the mostly empty gravel parking lot of a Mennonite church on the outskirts of Seminole, a small city in ...