NEW : Another judge grants a second stay on a separate defense motion . NEW : ` ` We 're hoping the stays are in place , '' the defense says . Joseph David Franklin had been sentenced to die shortly after midnight Tuesday . Flynt , who was paralyzed by Franklin 's bullet , has called for clemency for Franklin , saying `` the government has no business at all being in the business of killing people . '' He faced execution for a 1977 murder outside a St. Louis synagogue .
NEW : Another judge grants a second stay on a separate defense motion . NEW : ` ` We 're hoping the stays are in place , '' the defense says . Joseph David Franklin had been sentenced to die shortly after midnight Tuesday . He faced execution for a 1977 murder outside a St. Louis synagogue .