Criminal Justice. David Wood, Set for Execution, Says He Was Never the ‘Desert Killer’ Wood’s attorneys have requested that more than 100 additional pieces of evidence be tested for DNA, but ...

David Leonard Wood has been on death row for close to four decades ostensibly for murdering six women and girls in El Paso, Texas. But he has maintained his innocence from the beginning.

David Leonard Wood has had his second execution stayed by a court. In 2009, he was about 24 hours away from execution when it was halted over claims he is intellectually disabled.(Mike Graczyk ...

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called Desert Killer and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...

El Paso serial killer David Leonard Wood is scheduled to be executed in March — nearly 40 years after he killed several teenager girls in the 1980s.

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called "Desert Killer" and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...

David Leonard Wood was convicted in 1992 of the highly publicized murders of six young women in El Paso. Wood has said that he did not commit the crime and that DNA evidence would prove his innocence.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of David Wood on Tuesday, two days before it was scheduled to take place. The stay was in response to evidence of Wood’s innocence and various ...

On March 13, Texas is set to execute David Wood for a series of killings that occurred in 1987. The case was full of tragedy but devoid of reliable forensic evidence. DNA evidence suggests Wood ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of David Wood on Tuesday, two days before it was scheduled to take place. The stay was in response to evidence of Wood’s innocence and various ...