Virginia’s governor, Timothy M. Kaine, Tuesday stayed the execution of Edward N. Bell, set for April 8 for murder and stayed all future executions pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Baze v. Rees. On January 7, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case where Kentucky death row inmates claim lethal injection violates the Eighth Amendment to the constitution.
The Supreme Court and other courts and governors across the nation have stayed executions by lethal injection until the Supreme Court issues an opinion in the case.
Source: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/04/virginia-governor-stays-all-state.php
