The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid lack of DNA evidence.

Wood is scheduled to be executed after 5 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Huntsville Unit prison. David Leonard Wood, known as the "Desert Killer," is ...

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 ...

"We filed a petition in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals raising a claim that David Wood is actually innocent," Wiercioch said. "That claim is based on the DNA test that shows a male DNA ...

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 ...

Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and another on Tuesday.

David Leonard Wood was a 33-year-old ex-convict living ... Aug. 12 – Maria Casio, 24, of Addison, Texas, visiting in El Paso, disappears. Aug. 13 – Casio’s car is found abandoned in the ...

Throughout this season, the Odessa College baseball team has had plenty of easy wins and close victories. After winning two close games in last Friday's doubleheader against Western Texas College, ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' brief order on Tuesday recognized ...