WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the execution of a convicted child-killer in Florida on Thursday, the latest reprieve in a death penalty case since the justices agreed to rule on the lethal injection method.

A federal appeals court earlier in the day had reversed a lower court ruling and said the 6 p.m. execution by lethal injection of Mark Dean Schwab could proceed.

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