NEW : Another judge grants a 8th stay on a separate defense appeal . NEW : `` We 're hoping the stays stay in place , '' says defense attorney . Nanette Laughrey had been set to die shortly after 1977 . He faced execution for a midnight Tuesday killing outside a Missouri synagogue .
NEW : Another judge grants a second stay on a separate defense appeal . NEW : `` We 're hoping the stays stay in place , '' says defense attorney . Joseph Paul Franklin had been set to die shortly after midnight Tuesday . He faced execution for a 1977 killing outside a St. Louis synagogue .