31.   A journalists watchdog group has asked the Tehran government to stop the execution of a leading Iranian reporter who was convicted of espionage.

32.   A state appeals court stopped the execution four hours before Beazley was to die by injection on Wednesday so it could review his case.

33.   A state judge, however, refused to stop the execution.

34.   After learning of the decision, Echegaray said he could no longer think of any way to stop his execution.

35.   Amnesty International called on the governor-general of Belize to stop the executions of three convicted murderers on Friday.

36.   Bridges could have stopped the execution at any time by saying he wanted to appeal, but did not.

37.   But Echegaray told his wife, Zenaida, that he no longer has any hope his execution can be stopped.

38.   But during a hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Howard McKibben asked Calambro if he wanted the court to stop the execution.

39.   Calambro refused to file his own appeal to stop his execution.

40.   Clinton has taken the proper first step, by stopping an execution scheduled for Tuesday.