WASHINGTON ( CNN ) -- Ohio 's governor granted temporary reprieves to two death row inmates just hours after a federal appeals court blocked the execution of one of them -- adding to the mounting confusion over the state 's capital punishment system . Lawrence Reynolds is on death row for killing his neighbor in 1994 during a robbery in suburban Cleveland . Earlier Monday , the state 's attorney general 's office asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Thursday 's execution of Lawrence Reynolds Jr. to go forward as scheduled . However , Gov . Ted Strickland announced he would delay Reynolds 's execution until March , at the earliest . Another death row inmate , Darryl Durr , scheduled to be executed in coming weeks , also was granted a reprieve until at least April 2010 . The conflicting moves came after the botched execution attempt of Romell Broom last month , which raised serious questions about the state 's lethal injection procedures . `` Additional time is needed to fully conduct a thorough and comprehensive review of an alternative or backup lethal injection protocol that is in accordance with Ohio law , '' Strickland said in his announcement . No explanation was offered on why Ohio 's executive branch switched its official position in such a short period of time . The state was expected to ask the Supreme Court for dismissal of the pending appeal . Reynolds was sentenced to death for beating and strangling Loretta Mae Foster , his 67-year-old neighbor , during a home invasion in suburban Cleveland . The 6th U.S . Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati had blocked Reynolds ' execution Monday , citing problems accessing Broom 's veins in a failed execution attempt last month . Technicians tried for two hours on September 15 to find suitable veins to insert the chemicals . Strickland has delayed the execution indefinitely . Broom will get a hearing before a federal judge next month . His lawyers argue allowing a second execution attempt would be unconstitutional . Reynolds ' lawyers have argued the state 's lethal injection protocols violate the Constitution 's ban on cruel and unusual punishment . Judges on the appeals court were at odds over the Reynolds appeal . `` Given the important constitutional and humanitarian issues at stake in all death penalty cases , these problems in the Ohio lethal injection protocol are certainly worthy of meaningful consideration , '' wrote Judge Boyce Martin . Judge Jeffrey Sutton dissented . `` Why assume an execution protocol is unconstitutional when one of the humane features of the protocol -- that the state will not continue trying to access a usable vein beyond a sensible time limit -- is being followed ? ''
Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was set to be executed last month for killing neighbor in 1994 . Action comes Earlier Monday after Cleveland attorney general asked for execution to go through . Federal appeals court had blocked his execution , citing failed attempt 1994 . Darryl Durr delayed Romell Broom 's execution after technicians could n't find vein .