David Larry Nelson, who in 1978 shot and killed James Cash while robbing him and murdered Wilson Thompson to obtain a getaway vehicle, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injecton back in October. The Supreme Court stayed his execution because Nelson's intravenus drug use meant the state of Alabama would have to cut into his arm to find a good vein, reports the Washington Post. Lawyers for the condemned are arguing that the "cut down" procedure is cruel and unusual punishment.

Though he has forfeited his life, [Attorney Bryan] Stevenson replied, Nelson has not forfeited his rights. "He is still entitled to some consideration," he said.

That's more consideration than Nelson gave to Cash and Thompson back on New Years in 1978.

As an aside, it's worth noting that most of Nelson's supporters on the Prison Talk web site appear to be women.