Texas inmate who didn't kill anyone gets stay of execution
Everybody, including the prosecuting attorney, agrees Wood didn't kill anyone.In 1996, a 22-year-old Wood waited in a pickup truck while his friend Daniel Reneau went inside a gas station in Kerrville, Texas, to steal the store's safe. Reneau ended up killing the clerk during the robbery.Most states allow a distinction between accomplices and those who physically carry out the crime. But in Texas, sitting in that truck and taking part in the robbery was enough to get Wood convicted of murder and..>> view original5 injured as spooked horse breaks loose at SW Washington Fair
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Monday, August 29, 2016
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