The execution of Richard Laird, who was sentenced to death in two
different trials for the murder of Pennsylvania artist Anthony
Milano, has been put on hold. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett
signed a death warrant calling for Laird to be executed for the
murder of Milano in 1987. But Judge Rea B. Boylan granted a stay of
execution while Laird's attorneys pursue post-conviction appeals. He
gave Laird's lawyers time to file an amended petition, and set a
deadline for prosecutors to respon...