Hill had previously been scheduled for execution in July, but the state Supreme Court halted the execution on procedural grounds.

CNN: Georgia inmate granted last-minute stays of execution

One of them, 33-year-old Jose Medellin, is scheduled for execution in less than three weeks for his part in the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls in 1993.

BBC: Court seeks to stay US executions

He would stop the scheduled execution for next week and then find a different means for doing so, if in fact he determines today that there needs to be a hearing on the matter.

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