Supreme Court stays Texas execution
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] voted Tuesday to stay the execution [JURIST news archive] of convicted murderer Cleve Foster [Texas Department of Criminal Justice profile; case materials] until it decides whether to grant his petition for certiorari. Foster, a former Army recruiter, denies allegations [AP report] that he shot and killed a 30-year old woman in 2002 and then hid her body in a ditch. Foster claims that he was convicted due to ineffective assistance from his lawyer…