51.   The state of Missouri postponed an execution this week in deference to the pope.

52.   These constitutional motions often take years to reach the Privy Council and the government is forced to postpone all executions until the top court issues a ruling.

53.   They reacted angrily when Singapore refused to postpone the execution to study purported new evidence.

54.   Under public pressure, President Fidel Ramos has asked the Singapore government to postpone the execution until purported new evidence can be evaluated.

55.   Under public pressure, President Fidel Ramos has asked the Singapore government to postpone the execution until supposed new evidence can be evaluated.

56.   He said he met the HAMAS leader in Gaza and that an announcement on his release would at least lead the guerrillas to postpone the execution.

57.   A suspended death sentence means the execution is postponed for a specified period during which the convict is kept in prison.

58.   The Singapore government Wednesday rejected an appeal by President Fidel Ramos of the Philippines to postpone the execution of a maid convicted in a double murder.

59.   The stay, which postponed the execution indefinitely, came on the same day that Texas executed Napoleon Beazley for committing a murder at the same age.

60.   Sieng Pheng was sentenced to death but Vietnamese authorities postponed his execution at the last minute when he promised to reveal information.