21.   A federal appeals court lifted a stay blocking the release of transcripts from closed immigration hearings for the detained founder of an Islamic charity.

22.   A federal judge Wednesday lifted a stay of execution that she ordered last week for a condemned child rapist and murderer.

23.   Attorney General Janet Reno had earlier lifted a stay that had kept Mazen Al-Najjar behind bars.

24.   Assistant Attorney General Clay Crenshaw argued for the high court to lift the stay.

25.   At this point, the stay is lifted.

26.   Attorney General Janet Reno lifted a stay that had kept Mazen Al-Najjar behind bars.

27.   Attorney General Janet Reno had earlier lifted a stay that had kept Al-Najjar behind bars.

28.   Attorney General Janet Reno lifted a stay that had kept Mazen Al-Najjar imprisoned.

29.   But U.S. Circuit Judge Samuel Alito lifted the stay Monday without giving a reason in his written decision.

30.   But the Supreme Court refused to lift a stay granted Tuesday by a federal judge and upheld earlier Thursday by a three-judge appeals court panel.