21.   Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer voting to grant the stay.

22.   Last November, hours before he was scheduled to be executed, the Supreme Court granted a stay to consider his latest appeal.

23.   Last August, about four hours before Beazley was to be executed, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay.

24.   Officials at that time had placed the intravenous shunts into his arms to deliver the lethal chemicals when another stay was granted.

25.   Other relatives of vicitms gave similar response throughout the nation, though some wanted U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch to grant a stay.

26.   Penry was four hours from execution last November when the Supreme Court granted a stay.

27.   Ricky Nolen McGinn, the only inmate ever granted a stay of execution by Gov. George W. Bush, is headed back to death row.

28.   Ryan had been deciding whether to grant a stay of execution last year for a man convicted of a brutal slaying and mutilation.

29.   Should a stay be granted, Whitehead can seek another hearing.

30.   Stays are granted by the court in between the appeals processes, to allow the defendant to file a writ with the Supreme Court.