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After three stays of execution, Ramirez has run out of opportunities to appeal, and despite having shown evidence of reformation, the pleas by those in Ramirez’s corner go unheard.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2025

It said their lawyers had tried to save their lives by "running out the clock" with eleventh hour court appeals for stays of execution.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

But with the notable exception of emergency applications for last-minute stays of execution, this category of court activity has traditionally received little attention.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Ramirez has already had two stays of execution, once in 2017 so he could get a new attorney and again last September because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2021

In the cases where I had actually been counsel for the condemned while I was in Georgia, we'd always won stays of execution.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson