Texas court issues rare stay of execution

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.
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.
Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called Desert Killer and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...
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.
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 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.
'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.
Inside the Investigation: Texas bill could unlock ‘mystery’ of what happens to students in truancy court
A Texas senator is taking action after a KXAN investigation revealed that no state agency is tracking the thousands of ...
Texas high court deciding if 2021 freeze lawsuits against Texas utilities proceed
The Texas Supreme Court will decide whether lawsuits filed against Texas transmission and distribution utilities after the ...
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Texas Court Halts Execution of David Leonard Wood, the Alleged 'Desert Killer' of 1987 El Paso Murders
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted an indefinite stay of execution to David Leonard Wood, convicted of six murders ...
Inside Texas' new business court strategy
Texas wants to be the new Delaware for corporate law. With the launch of the Texas Business Court, the Lone Star State is ...
Texas GOP senator files bill to clarify abortion ban, expand protections in emergencies
A bill filed Friday and backed by top Republicans aims to give doctors more leeway to treat pregnant patients in medical ...
Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify medical exceptions in state's abortion ban
A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to change the language in the state’s abortion laws to make it clearer when exceptions ...
Texas Business Courts Unlikely to Expand To Rural Areas Soon
Texas’ business courts would stick to the original five big-city divisions next year and not expand to rural areas, according ...
Amid lawsuit, feds end funding freeze on Texas refugee services
Court documents showed that a Trump administration directive suspended payments to refugee service providers on Feb. 3, citing a Florida grand jury report. The report identified waste and fraud in an ...
Texas AG says courts can’t force state agencies to update trans people’s IDs
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared Friday that state court orders to change the sex markers on Texas birth ...