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Federal appellate court vacates Texas death row inmate’s murder conviction
State prosecutors withheld evidence favorable to Brittany Marlow Holberg during her 1998 murder trial that resulted in her being sentenced to death, a federal appellate court panel ruled Friday.
Federal appeals court reverses conviction of Texas woman on death row after 27 years
The federal appeals court said the prosecution failed to disclose that a key trial witness was a paid informant.
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.
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 reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.
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 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 '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.
Stay granted for Texas death row inmate two days before scheduled execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay.
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.

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Suspect in murder of fiancé searched online about killing an "illegal immigrant," Texas police say
Ty Vaughn, 31, allegedly shot and killed his fiancé hours after searching "is it illegal to kill an illegal immigrant." ...
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Man charged with murder in wife's death was covered in blood when HPD arrived, records state
At about 7:20 a.m., officers with the Houston Police Department received a call about a suspicious event at a home in the 5100 block of Emma Forst Street. When officers arrived, they found the suspect ...
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Converse Teen Joins Texas' 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List, Sought for Capital Murder and Other Charges
Texas authorities add a Converse teenager to the top 10 most wanted fugitives list for capital murder and other charges.
Suzanne Simpson murder: Texas attorneys sift through evidence as husband’s case rocks affluent neighborhood
Texas real estate agent Suzanne Simpson vanished in a wealthy area of San Antonio in October 2024, and the case is ...
14-year-old Texas girl stabbed to death by knife-wielding classmate during school fight
The attacker — which the Killeen Police Department confirmed was also an underage female — was quickly apprehended.
Word of her murder in California surprised a woman living in Texas
Dorothia Diaz was unaware until recently that she was the subject of a cold case search by an investigative team that thought ...
Alex Jones blames Democrats for 'brutal murder' of InfoWars reporter
A longtime reporter with controversial radio show InfoWars was killed in a residential neighborhood in Austin over the ...
The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles
P eter greeted me in the mostly empty gravel parking lot of a Mennonite church on the outskirts of Seminole, a small city in ...