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Texas court issues rare stay of execution

AOL · 1d

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.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 2d

Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction

Brittany Marlowe Holberg was convicted in 1998 of robbing and murdering an 80-year-old man in his Amarillo home. The appeals court said critical evidence was withheld.

USA Today · 1d

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.

FOX News on MSN · 1d

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.

The Texas Tribune · 1d

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.

KDFW · 1d

'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 Republican proposes jail time for identifying

New York Daily News · 1d

Texas Republican introduces bill to make being transgender a felony

A Republican representative in Texas has introduced a bill that would make being transgender a felony in the state, punishable by up to two years in prison.

USA TODAY on MSN · 2d

Bill proposed in Texas could charge transgender people with 'gender identity fraud'

A bill proposed in the Texas legislature could charge transgender Texans with a felony if they commit what proponents call “gender identity fraud.”

Dallas Morning News on MSN · 21h

Texas Republican proposes jail time for identifying as transgender

A Texas Republican has filed a bill that would criminalize transgender people who mislead the government or an employer by stating their gender identity as their biological sex. House Bill 3817 would create a criminal penalty for “gender identity fraud,

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Comal County man who fled state during investigation into child sex abuse claims, receives 20-year prison sentence

Police say Jerry Reid Mills will spend 20 years behind bars after he was convicted in a case involving the sexual assault of ...

Timeline: How a North Texas megachurch founder could end up in prison

Former North Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris has been indicted on five counts of lewd acts with a child. Here's ...

Texas Standard1d

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 ...

The Marshall Project3d

At My Texas Prison, Solitary Confinement All But Guarantees Sexual Exploitation by Guards

After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...

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‘At least I know he’s ok’: Prison officials say water pressure restored at Beto unit

Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns.

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UK looks at Texas supermax prison for ideas to cut overcrowding

The UK government is looking to Estelle prison for ideas - for ways to reduce reoffending and to bring down prisoner numbers ...

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Child predator sentenced to life in prison for years of sexual abuse

On Monday, March 3, 2025, prosecutors Michael Ghutzman and Joel Daniels with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office ...

Inmate charged with murder in Mark W. Stiles Prison death

Dietert is believed to have given Par drugs, waited for him to become incapacitated, then moved Par into his cell where he ...

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