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

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  • 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.

  • The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

  • Glenn Ford taught me that every chance for life matters.

  • Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman Jr.

  • The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.

  • Aaron Gunches, who is scheduled to be executed next week in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in more than two years has passed up a chance to ask for a .

  • Iowa lawmakers reconsidered the discussion Wednesday on whether or not the state should restore the death penalty for certain crimes.

  • Suge Knight is never going to let his beef with Snoop Dogg die.

  • Nitrogen hypoxia, a method of execution Arkansas lawmakers are considering adopting, makes for a torturous death, witnesses say.