The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to overturn Warren Hill 's last-minute stay . Hill had been scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night . TL;DR A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a last-ditch appeal from the last woman executed in Texas for killing her husband and two children with an ax. Georgia had asked the justices to lift the stay , which was granted minutes before Hill had been scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night . Prosecutors say his claim has n't survived court scrutiny .
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to overturn Warren Hill 's last-minute stay . Hill had been scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday night . TL;DR A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a last-ditch appeal from the last woman executed in Texas for killing her husband and two children with an ax. Prosecutors say his claim has n't survived court scrutiny .