Court grants Cleve Foster his third stay of execution . The order came just 2 1/2 hours before the scheduled lethal injection . He was scheduled to die for the 2002 murder of a Sudanese woman . Foster 's lawyers had challenged that change , saying Texas foisted the new protocols so late , with little time for legal or medical review . Court said it needed more time to rule on his claim of ineffective counsel .
Court grants Cleve Foster his third stay of execution . The order came just 2 1/2 hours before the scheduled lethal injection . He was scheduled to die for the 2002 murder of a Sudanese woman . Court said it needed more time to rule on his claim of ineffective counsel .