Texas, Death Row

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 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.
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.
South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last firing squad execution in 2010.
Texas 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood gets rare stay of execution: What to know
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid lack of DNA evidence.
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.
Texas appeals court blocks scheduled execution of David Leonard Wood
David Leonard Wood, who has been on death row for more than 32 years, was scheduled to be executed Thursday in the deaths of six girls and young women found buried in shallow graves in Northeast El Paso.
Idaho becomes first state to prefer death by firing squad for executions
The governor’s action comes less than a week after Brad Sigmon, 67, of South Carolina, was executed by way of a firing squad ...
Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’
A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...
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State Executions to Resume Under New Lethal Injection Protocol
One afternoon in 2022, when it became clear that the Tennessee Department of Correction had violated or otherwise ignored ...
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67-year-old death row inmate has chosen his method of execution, and his decision has been made public
Brad Sigmon, a convicted double murderer, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, marking the first use of the method ...
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Death row inmate terrified of electric chair and lethal injection chooses how he'll die
A death row inmate who is terrified of the electric chair and being "tortured by lethal injection" has been granted the opportunity to choose the manner of his execution. Brad Sigmon, 67 ...
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Here’s how people on death row meet their ends in each state
As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.
More execution dates set as Tennessee begins new lethal injection protocol
On Wednesday, the Tennessee Supreme Court confirmed that the Attorney General has filed motions to set execution dates for ...
Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method
A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked ...