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 ...

Robert Roberson, Brittany Holberg, and David Wood have upcoming appeals or overturned convictions under review in Texas in ...

Court halts execution for Texas man accused of assaulting, killing at least six girls The Texas Attorney General’s Office has fought against new DNA tests and various courts have denied Wood’s request ...

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 set to die by lethal injection this week over the killings of ...

David Leonard Wood has had his second execution stayed by a court. In 2009, he was about 24 hours away from execution when it was halted over claims he is intellectually disabled. Mike Graczyk / AP ...