Sentence examples for delay of execution from inspiring English sources

Under Texas law, the governor can grant only a one-time 30-day delay of execution.

In the end, two separate courts – the Georgia court of appeals and the federal appeals court – stepped in and ordered a delay of execution.

Franklin, 63, was sentenced to die at 12.01am (05.01 GMT) today for killing 42-year-old Gordon in a sniper attack outside a synagogue in 1977 but he was granted a delay of execution just hours before his scheduled death.

The deficiency of coping with attention demanding situations is well illustrated by the temporal delay of step execution in the dual task condition of the voluntary step execution test used in this study.

Lawyers for Mr. McVeigh, who have received copies of the documents, have said they are reviewing their legal options, including seeking a possible further delay of the execution.

Lawyers for Timothy J. McVeigh said today that a delay of his execution next week would give them enough time to go over recently released F.B.I. documents and possibly identify others who played major roles in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Mr. Denvir, who defended Theodore J. Kaczynski, who pleaded guilty as the Unabomber, said Mr. McVeigh's lawyers would probably tell their client that asking for a further delay of the execution would be warranted.

If Mr. McVeigh authorized a new investigation by defense lawyers, they could in turn ask the Justice Department to consent to a further delay of the execution to permit an investigation to take place.

Following is an excerpt of the statement by Attorney General John Ashcroft yesterday announcing the delay of the execution of Timothy J. McVeigh, as recorded by The New York Times: On June 2 , 1997 a Federal District Court jury convicted Timothy McVeigh of bombing the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Furthermore, on the basis of literature [22] and according to [5], we can hypothesize that the interaction of CLIPR-59 with Akt could play a role in the cascade of events leading to the observed significant delay of apoptotic execution.

Supporters of the death penalty said the delays and stays of execution are also hard on the families of victims awaiting justice to be done.