Russell Bucklew was scheduled to die by injection Tuesday evening for killing a former girlfriend’s new boyfriend during a violent rampage in 1996. In a statement just before the lethal injection was set to begin, the Supreme Court said it granted the stay of execution. Bucklew, 49, was also within an hour of execution in May 2014 when the U.S. Supreme Court halted it over concerns about Bucklew’s rare medical condition, cavernous hemangioma. His attorney, Cheryl Pilate, said Bucklew’s condition has only gotten worse since then. Bucklew’s appeals have suggested that if the execution is carried out, the state should use lethal gas instead of an injection of pentobarbital.

Source: Fox News March 21, 2018 02:32 UTC