Judge_VV0 Delays_NN2 Another_DD1 Ohio_NP1 Execution_NN1 CINCINNATI_NP1 --_NN1 A_ZZ1 federal_JJ judge_NN1 has_VHZ indefinitely_RR delayed_VVN an_AT1 execution_NN1 scheduled_VVN for_IF Dec._NPM1 8_MC ,_, the_AT fourth_MD execution_NN1 to_TO be_VBI postponed_VVN in_II Ohio_NP1 since_CS technicians_NN2 failed_VVN for_IF two_MC hours_NNT2 last_MD month_NNT1 to_TO administer_VVI lethal_JJ drugs_NN2 to_II a_AT1 man_NN1 convicted_VVN of_IO murder_NN1 and_CC rape_NN1 ._. 
The_AT execution_NN1 of_IO Kenneth_NP1 Biros_NN2 ,_, 51_MC ,_, convicted_VVN of_IO a_AT1 1991_MC murder_NN1 and_CC attempted_JJ rape_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ stayed_VVN on_II Monday_NPD1 to_TO allow_VVI the_AT state_NN1 attorney_NN1 general_JJ and_CC defense_NN1 lawyers_NN2 to_TO gather_VVI more_DAR information_NN1 about_II Ohio_NP1 's_GE lethal_JJ injection_NN1 protocol_NN1 ._. 
The_AT protocol_NN1 has_VHZ come_VVN under_II question_NN1 since_CS the_AT failed_JJ execution_NN1 of_IO Romell_NP1 Broom_NN1 on_II Sept._NPM1 15_MC ._. 
The_AT judge_NN1 ,_, Gregory_NP1 Frost_NP1 ,_, also_RR indefinitely_RR delayed_VVD the_AT second_MD effort_NN1 to_TO execute_VVI Mr._NNB Broom_NP1 ._. 
"_" This_DD1 court_NN1 can_VM not_XX say_VVI whether_CSW Mr._NNB Biros_NP1 is_VBZ entitled_VVN to_II an_AT1 ongoing_JJ stay_NN1 of_IO execution_NN1 based_VVN on_II facts_NN2 arising_VVG from_II the_AT Broom_NN1 execution_NN1 attempt_NN1 until_CS this_DD1 court_NN1 knows_VVZ what_DDQ those_DD2 facts_NN2 are_VBR ,_, "_" Judge_NP1 Frost_NP1 wrote_VVD ._. 
Earlier_RRR this_DD1 month_NNT1 ,_, Gov_NN1 ._. 
Ted_NP1 Strickland_NP1 postponed_VVD the_AT executions_NN2 of_IO the_AT two_MC men_NN2 scheduled_VVN to_TO die_VVI before_II Mr._NNB Birros_NP1 ,_, Lawrence_NP1 R._NP1 Reynolds_NP1 Jr_NNA ._. 
and_CC Darryl_NP1 Durr_NP1 ,_, until_CS spring_NN1 ,_, to_TO give_VVI corrections_NN2 officials_NN2 more_DAR time_NNT1 to_TO develop_VVI backup_NN1 procedures_NN2 if_CS another_DD1 problem_NN1 occurs_VVZ in_II administering_VVG lethal_JJ drugs_NN2 by_II the_AT normal_JJ method_NN1 of_IO inserting_VVG intravenous_JJ lines_NN2 into_II veins_NN2 in_II a_AT1 prisoner_NN1 's_GE arms_NN2 or_CC legs_NN2 ._. 
The_AT state_NN1 had_VHD expected_VVN to_TO have_VHI new_JJ procedures_NN2 in_II place_NN1 in_II time_NNT1 to_TO execute_VVI Mr._NNB Birros_NP1 on_II Dec._NPM1 8_MC ._. 
Richard_NP1 Dieter_NP1 ,_, executive_NN1 director_NN1 of_IO the_AT Death_NN1 Penalty_NN1 Information_NN1 Center_NN1 in_II Washington_NP1 ,_, said_VVD the_AT repeated_JJ postponements_NN2 and_CC rationale_NN1 behind_II them_PPHO2 effectively_RR equaled_VVD a_AT1 moratorium_NN1 on_II executions_NN2 in_II Ohio_NP1 ._. 
"_" There_EX has_VHZ been_VBN a_AT1 recognition_NN1 from_II the_AT courts_NN2 and_CC the_AT governor_NN1 that_CST the_AT issues_NN2 to_TO be_VBI resolved_VVN are_VBR complex_JJ and_CC are_VBR going_VVGK to_TO take_VVI time_NNT1 and_CC that_CST no_AT executions_NN2 should_VM occur_VVI until_CS those_DD2 issues_NN2 are_VBR resolved_VVN ,_, "_" Mr._NNB Dieter_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
A_AT1 spokeswoman_NN1 for_IF the_AT governor_NN1 said_VVD a_AT1 review_NN1 of_IO execution_NN1 procedures_NN2 continued_VVD ._. 
A_AT1 spokeswoman_NN1 for_IF Richard_NP1 Cordray_NP1 ,_, the_AT attorney_NN1 general_JJ ,_, said_VVD the_AT state_NN1 was_VBDZ reviewing_VVG its_APPGE legal_JJ options_NN2 ._. 
In_II31 addition_II32 to_II33 the_AT case_NN1 before_II Judge_NP1 Frost_NP1 ,_, the_AT conflict_NN1 over_II Ohio_NP1 's_GE execution_NN1 methods_NN2 is_VBZ playing_VVG out_RP on_II several_DA2 other_JJ fronts_NN2 ,_, including_II appeals_NN2 by_II individual_JJ defendants_NN2 and_CC an_AT1 appeal_NN1 by_II Mr._NNB Cordray_NP1 to_II the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 federal_JJ appeals_NN2 court_NN1 panel_NN1 in_II Cincinnati_NP1 voted_VVD 2_MC to_II 1_MC1 on_II Oct._NPM1 5_MC to_TO delay_VVI the_AT execution_NN1 of_IO Mr._NNB Reynolds_NP1 ,_, 43_MC ,_, who_PNQS was_VBDZ convicted_VVN of_IO the_AT 1994_MC killing_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 woman_NN1 in_II the_AT Cleveland_NP1 area_NN1 ._. 
Mr._NNB Cordray_NP1 argued_VVD that_CST the_AT stay_NN1 undercut_VVD Ohio_NP1 's_GE authority_NN1 to_TO respond_VVI to_II problems_NN2 with_IW executions_NN2 ._. 
The_AT Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 has_VHZ not_XX acted_VVN on_II the_AT appeal_NN1 ._. 
