Workman Granted Stay of Execution

From ABC 24 in Memphis:

A federal judge has delayed the scheduled execution of Philip Workman.
Workman was set to be executed on Wednesday, May 9, 2007.

The judge actually issued a restraining order against Governor Bredesen that said he couldn't execute Workman until a hearing on May 14, 2007.

Workman's attorneys asked for a delay because they didn't have time to file complaints against new execution rules. Those rules were put into effect only a week ago.

Unfortunately, the question is whether our current lethal injection procedure is humane, not whether Philip Workman is actually guilty or whether execution is a moral and civilized form of punishment.