Reuters: U.S.: Georgia man granted stays of execution by federal, state appeals courts

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Georgia man granted stays of execution by federal, state appeals courts Feb 20th 2013, 00:31 Tweet Share this Email Print Warren Lee Hill is shown in this undated Georgia Department of Corrections photograph. Credit: Reuters/Georgia Department of Corrections/Handout Related News Four killed in 27-car pile-up on Georgia highway Wed, Feb 6 2013 Teenage student wounded in Atlanta school shooting Thu, Jan 31 2013 Apple loses a U.S. appeals bid in Samsung patent fight Thu, Jan 31 2013 Supreme Court won't hear challenge to EPA rulemaking Tue, Jan 22 2013 Analysis & Opinion Should Apple be a $200 stock? For states, Washington's budgetary seduction proves too hard to resist ATLANTA | Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:31pm EST ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia man who had been due to be put to death on Tuesday evening was granted last-minute stays of execution by a U.S. federal appeals court and a state appeals court, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Warren Lee Hill had been scheduled to be executed at 7 p.m. local time. The stays by the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a state appeals court were granted shortly before he was expected to be put to death, said Brian Kammer, one of Hill's attorneys. (Reporting by David Beasley; Writing by Kevin Gray; Editing by Steve Gorman and Cynthia Johnston) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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