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Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection

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David Leonard Wood , 67 , had been set to die Thursday by lethal injection.

He had been convicted of killing six girls and young women in 1987 .

Wood, a repeat convicted sex offender, has maintained his innocence.

The 1987 murders remained unsolved for several years until authorities say Wood bragged to a cellmate that he was the "Desert Killer".

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