Thu., May 23, 2013 1:17am (EDT)

Articles Tagged "stay of execution"

  • Thu., February 14, 2013 11:00am
    A lawyer for a Georgia inmate set to be executed next week has filed a U.S. Supreme Court motion requesting a stay of execution. Attorneys for Warren Lee Hill, filed the motion Wednesday. Hill is set to be executed Feb. 19.
  • Mon., November 5, 2012 11:00am
    Georgia's highest court will consider Monday whether prison officials violated state administrative procedures by failing to hold public hearings before changing the execution procedure.
  • Wed., February 1, 2012 7:38am
    A judge halted the execution of a Georgia man less than an hour before he was set to die for the 2001 murders of a woman and her 3-year-old daughter, acting after the inmate signaled he would file a new round of appeals.
  • Wed., July 20, 2011 10:47am
    A federal judge has rejected a request for a stay of execution by a Georgia inmate claiming the state's plan to use a new lethal injection drug would cause him needless pain and suffering.
  • Thu., September 23, 2010 5:23pm
    The Supreme Court of Georgia has again delayed the execution of a prisoner convicted of three 1998 slayings who attempted suicide hours before he was initially set to be put to death. Friday, the court granted a stay until Monday, at 4 p.m.
  • Wed., December 16, 2009 5:08pm
    The Georgia Supreme Court granted Carlton Gary a stay of execution hours be