two days after refusing it, the Georgia Supreme Court has stayed...

two days after refusing it, the Georgia Supreme Court has stayed the scheduled execution for Jack Alderman because the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decided the constitutionality of lethal injection, the method used in Georgia and 37 other states.
Alderman was scheduled to be executed Friday evening for his wife's 1974 murder.
His attorneys argued his death should be delayed at least until the justices in Washington decide on a Kentucky case that raised concerns that inmates could suffer excruciating pain under lethal injection, violating their Eighth Amendment protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
Georgia's justices decided Thursday that Alderman's execution should be put on hold at least until the U.S. Supreme Court rules, which is expected to be some time next year.
Alderman was convicted of killing, in 1974, his 20-year-old wife, Barbara Jean.