'It's been long enough': Victims' families anxious as 'Desert Killer' execution date nears
The execution of serial killer David Leonard Wood will end a nearly 40-year saga for nine El Paso families, but the victims' ...
'I'm angry': Death Row inmate David Leonard Wood says he's innocent as execution nears
Wood's conviction of the murders of six women and girls in El Paso, Texas in 1987 was largely based on circumstantial ...
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What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
The women are housed at the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville. Executions are carried out in Huntsville, about a three-hour drive from Dallas. As of Feb. 6, 2025, there were 174 people on death row in ...
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 ...
Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...
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 ...
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Federal appeals court reverses conviction of Texas woman on death row after 27 years
O’Daniel unit in Gatesville. “We pause only to acknowledge that 27 years on death row is a reality dimming the light that ought to attend proceedings where a life is at stake, a stark reminder ...
Texas Inmate on Death Row for 27 Years Has Conviction Overturned
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the conviction and death sentence of Brittany Holberg, who was 25 when she was sentenced to death.
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Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
Holberg is currently being held at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit, a Gatesville prison that houses females on death row, among other inmates. Texas leads the country in executions and is among the ...