31.   The first of two Supreme Court appeals filed by condemned killer Juan Raul Garza was rejected without comment Monday.

32.   The Supreme Court also agreed Monday to hear an appeal by a condemned killer from Texas whose lawyers say he is mentally retarded.

33.   The state Supreme Court gave condemned killer Terry Sims, originally set for execution Tuesday morning, a week-long reprieve on Monday.

34.   The state Supreme Court ruled that clemency hearings for a condemned killer should proceed while the court considers possible conflict-of-interest concerns involving the governor.

35.   The U.S. Supreme Court refused Wednesday to hear two appeals from a condemned killer set to die Thursday after two earlier execution dates were postponed.

36.   W. Bush, condemned killer Ricky McGinn was not expecting another reprieve to keep him from the Texas death chamber.

37.   A condemned killer was executed by lethal injection here for killing a two-year-old child, prison authorities confirmed Wednesday.

38.   Condemned killer Ray Stewart was executed by lethal injection southwest of here early Wednesday after Illinois Governor Jim Edgar rejected his appeal for clemency, authorities said.