31.   The ruling overturned death sentences of convicts engaged in lengthy appeals to international human rights tribunals.

32.   They were put on a waiting list but eventually got their home after a lengthy appeals process.

33.   However no one has been executed yet due to the lengthy appeals process and the lack of the right facilities.

34.   Pataki rejects all arguments put forward by opponents, who note that the lengthy appeals process makes it enormously costly to put somebody to death.

35.   The government has been trying to evict the squatters through court actions but they have been delayed by a series of lengthy appeals.