The execution early Saturday of Dustin Higgs concludes an unprecedented run of executions since July, when Trump resumed the federal death penalty after a 17-year hiatus.
Speaker of the House Steve Harshman was one of 40 sponsors of the bipartisan House Bill 166 in the 2020 session that would have repealed the death penalty.
The new hold on executions came a day after a federal appeals court lifted a hold on the execution of Daniel Lewis Lee, of Yukon, Oklahoma, which is scheduled for 4 p.m. EDT on Monday.
Natrona County District Court Judge Daniel Forgey took attorneys' arguments under advisement and did not issue a ruling at the end of Friday's hearing.
Rep. Jared Olsen said Thursday that conservatives don't trust the government to fill potholes or deliver mail, so they shouldn't trust it with the death penalty.