Death row prisoner complains at execution delay

The US Supreme Court halted the execution of a condemned man after a lawsuit challenged one of the drugs used to carry out the death sentence.

The US Supreme Court halted the execution of a condemned man after a lawsuit challenged one of the drugs used to carry out the death sentence.

Kevin Lee Zimmerman was given a reprieve about 20 minutes before he was to have been put to death in Huntsville, Texas, for a fatal stabbing and robbery at a Beaumont motel in 1987.

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