US EditionCourt stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection
- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay on the execution of a man days before it was scheduled, stating it is 'until further order of this court' without further explanation.
- Wood has been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades and has no DNA evidence linking him to the murders of six women and girls in El Paso in 1987.
- Wood claimed that his accusers were lying to assist prosecutors in exchange for leniency in their own cases, according to USA TODAY.
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Court Stays Execution of Texas Man Days Before He Was Set to Die by Lethal Injection
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 six girls and young women found buried in the desert near El Paso. It was the second scheduled execution in the U.S. halted on Tuesday after a federal judge stopped Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was to take place next…
Court halts execution for Texas man accused of assaulting, killing at least six girls
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 young women found buried in the desert near El Paso. It was the second scheduled execution in the U.S. halted on Tuesday after a federal judge stopped Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was to take place next week. In Texa…
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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.
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