Alderman lawyers ask for 90-day stay

The lawyers for convicted killer Jack Alderman have declined to seek clemency for their client before the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. They are instead arguing for a 90-day stay of execution--a motion the board says it does not have the authority to grant. His attorneys are focused on an appeal connected to a challenge to lethal injection before the U.S. Supreme Court. Alderman on Monday passed on a chance to meet with state parole board officials. The state parole board has warned that Alderman may miss a chance to avoid execution. In less than a week, Alderman is scheduled to be put to death for the 1974 killing of his wife in Chatham County.