Sentence examples for execution halted from inspiring English sources
Mr. Modden is the third Texas death row inmate claiming mental retardation to have his execution halted by the Supreme Court in recent months.
She has on a wall a photograph of Calvin E. Swann, the first Virginia inmate to have his scheduled execution halted by Gov. James S. Gilmore III, who commuted the sentence to life in prison.
PAGE A9 INMATE'S EXECUTION HALTED AGAIN A federal appeals court halted the execution of an inmate in Georgia convicted in the 1989 killing of a police officer.
Since the Moore Supreme Court decision, three death row inmates have either had their executions halted or their sentences commuted to life in prison after they said they had intellectual disabilities.
If the execution halts unexpectedly, the process is killed and restarted.
In October, the state nearly carried out an execution using only propofol for the injection, but the execution was halted by Gov. Jay Nixon (D) after European officials threatened to stop exporting the widely-used anesthetic to the country.
An Oklahoma execution drew worldwide criticism after the inmate, Clayton Lockett, kicked and writhed before his execution was halted, but he ultimately died a short time later.
However, the execution was halted in the nick of time when two anaesthesiologists belatedly refused to oversee the procedure.
Mr. Alexander was scheduled to die last year but the execution was halted so more sophisticated DNA testing could be performed on evidence.
Let me breathe". After he survived a second shock, the execution was halted pending an appeal to the Supreme Court, which failed, and he was electrocuted about a year later.
