By whom has Michael Morales been spared the second time in twenty-four hours?

It is the second time in twenty-four hours that the condemned man, Michael Morales, has been spared, not by the actions of the courts or by the governor, but by doctors. Morales, convicted of killing a seventeen-year-old girl twenty-five years ago, had been due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday night.

The American secretary of state and the United States defense secretary will meet with President Bush on Saturday to discuss their trips this week to the Middle East. Secretary of State Condo-leezza Rice visited the Middle East, Germany and Britain in an attempt to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.