1.   ATLANTA - Three hours before his scheduled execution Tuesday, convicted killer Wallace Fugate won a reprieve.

2.   A federal judged ruled that death row inmate Darrell Rich could not participate in an American Indian spiritual ceremony to purify his soul before his scheduled execution early Wednesday.

3.   A day of frantic appeals by his lawyers to various courts wound down to nearly an hour delay from the scheduled execution.

4.   A ruling from the board is expected by Monday, a day before her scheduled execution.

5.   About three days before the scheduled execution, the sheriff sent him a ticket and he caught the bus to Reidsville State Prison.

6.   But the scheduled execution of Ms. Tucker is another matter.

7.   But the spokesman, Ari Fleischer, would not comment on whether the scheduled execution should be delayed.

8.   But the scheduled execution of a woman is another matter.

9.   Camp had granted the stay so that he could consider legal arguments Lonchar raised for the first time in federal court on the day of his scheduled execution.

10.   Defense attorneys will exploit that, he predicted, by demanding DNA tests shortly before scheduled executions, merely to delay them.