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 ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the first execution by firing squad in the United States in 15 years.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — 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 ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, court records show. The Court of Criminal Appeals — the state's highest ...

I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I've witnessed three different methods - nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution. I can still hear the thunk of the breaker falling 21 ...

A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. US District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary ...

(AP Photo/Mike Graczyk, File) (Mike Graczyk, 2009 AP) AUSTIN, Texas – 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 ...

NOW. LOUISIANA EXECUTION CASE COULD END UP IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT IF IT PLAYS OUT IN THE APPEALS PROCESS. THAT’S AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKED THE STATE FROM EXECUTING JESSE HOFFMAN BY ...