A federal judge Monday ordered a delay in the execution of convicted ax killer Robert W. Jackson III.
The execution had been set for July 29.
The ruling by District Judge Sue L. Robinson marks the second time that Robinson has ordered a stay in the execution of Jackson, who was convicted of the 1992 slaying of Elizabeth Girardi at her home in Hockessin during a botched robbery.
In May 2006, Robinson stopped Jackson's previous date with the execution chamber because of a Jackson lawsuit -- that was later turned into a class action -- alleging that the way Delaware carried out lethal injections violated the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
After Delaware adopted new execution protocols, with new safeguards against unnecessary suffering, Robinson dismissed Jackson's lawsuit in February 2010, allowing executions in the state to resume.
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