Facing an execution date of March 13, time is short. USA TODAY Death Row Reporter Amanda Lee Myers had an exclusive sit-down interview with Wood.

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 ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas - David Leonard ... of anything,” Wood told USA TODAY. “How can I not be angry at the corruption that put me here? How can you let people just dump cases on you and not be angry?” ...

Frustration grows for the mother of one of the victims found in a Northeast El Paso desert as the man convicted in the slayings avoided execution.

On March 13, 1988, David Leonard Wood, known as the "Desert Killer," denied killing nine ... But he's hopeful that something ...