WASHINGTON AP – The Supreme Court halted an execution in Mississippi on Tuesday, less than an hour before the convicted killer was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection.
The last-minute reprieve for Earl Wesley Berry is the third granted by the justices since they agreed late last month to decide a challenge to Kentucky’s lethal injection procedures. Tuesday’s order was the latest indication that most, if not all, executions by lethal execution will be halted at least until the justices decide the Kentucky case.
