Two execution are scheduled for the second week of April in Florida and South Carolina, one of them by firing squad.

Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood's execution, which had been set for this week, was halted by a Texas appeals court on Tuesday. Wood, 67, has spent nearly 33 years on death row and had ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2009, he was about 24 hours away from execution when it was halted over claims he is intellectually disabled.(Mike Graczyk / AP) AUSTIN — A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution ...

EL PASO, 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 ...

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

In nearly simultaneous decisions, courts in two U.S. states on Tuesday blocked the imminent executions of death row inmates. The highest court in Texas issued a stay of execution for David Leonard ...

Related: Texas execution of David Wood stayed by court Despite this, Attorney General Ken Paxton is pushing hard for an execution and has consistently opposed Wood’s request for further testing ...