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The article reports that the United States Supreme Court ordered a stay of execution on October 30, 2007 for convicted murderer Earl W. Berry. The decision required the signature of five justices, but was unaccompanied by any statement. It seems to indicate that there should be a freeze on lethal injections until the Kentucky case Baze v. Rees is heard, which questions whether certain drugs given by lethal injection should be considered cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment.

The article reports that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia ordered a stay of execution for terminally ill prisoner Daniel L. Siebert. Siebert was scheduled to die by lethal injection. An appeal was filed by lawyers representing Siebert following refusal of Judge Mark E. Fuller of Federal District Court in Alabama to stop execution of Siebert.

The article reports that the Georgia Supreme Court ordered a stay of execution for Curtis Osborne, a condemned prisoner. While passing the stay order, the court cited the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to review constitutionality of execution by lethal injection. Earlier, the court also stayed execution of criminal Jack E. Alderman by lethal injection.

The article reports that convict Troy A. Davis was granted a stay on his execution by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles on July 16, 2007. Davis was convicted of killing police officer Mark A. MacPhail in Savannah, Georgia in 1989. The stay of the execution of Davis by lethal injection give members of the board up to 90 days to evaluate and analyze evidence parented by the lawyers for Davis in a clemency hearing.

The article reports that a judge has allowed the use of a device in North Carolina for monitoring lethal injection to prisoners.