The Austin American-Statesman reports that State District Judge Jon Wisser issued the stay to allow the defense additional time to file an appeal. LINK
Henderson's lawyers had argued during a hearing last week that advances in the science of evaluating head trauma have shown that Brandon Baugh's injuries in 1994 could have been caused by an accident.
They said they will file an appeal based on what they say is a relatively new scientific approach that melds the work of doctors with that of physicists and engineers.
"I decided, although not convinced of the legal correctness of the defendant's position, it is in the interest of justice" to delay the execution, Wisser wrote in an e-mail to lawyers in the case.
Travis County Assistant District Attorney Bryan Case declined to comment on Wisser's ruling. Prosecutors had argued during last week's hearing that the science is not new and that the execution should go ahead.
A Travis County jury convicted Henderson, 50, of capital murder in 1995 after prosecutors argued that she, while baby-sitting Brandon and his older sister, deliberately slammed Brandon's head against a flat surface with enough force to shatter the base of his skull.
Earlier coverage is here.
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