Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was set to be executed Thursday for killing neighbor in 1994 . Action comes hours after Ohio attorney general asked for execution to go through . Federal appeals court had blocked his execution , citing failed attempt last month . 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 . TL;DR A federal judge has granted a stay of the scheduled lethal injection of an inmate who is challenging Ohio's use of midazolam as part of its three-drug cocktail used on death row inmates.
Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was set to be executed Thursday for killing neighbor in 1994 . Action comes hours after Ohio attorney general asked for execution to go through . Federal appeals court had blocked his execution , citing failed attempt last month . TL;DR A federal judge has granted a stay of the scheduled lethal injection of an inmate who is challenging Ohio's use of midazolam as part of its three-drug cocktail used on death row inmates.