Less than a week after Gov. Charlie Crist lifted a moratorium on executions, a judge delayed the execution process for a Death Row inmate, raising new questions about the future of Florida’s death penalty.

Circuit Judge Carven Angel in Ocala questioned the “experience and competence” of the state-employed hooded executioner who’s paid to apply lethal chemicals in the death chamber.

“It’s going to hold up everything,” said Neal Dupree, one of the attorneys for condemned killer Ian Deco Lightbourne, who initiated the challenge.

Angel’s preliminary ruling Sunday came less than a week after Crist signed another inmate’s death warrant, ending a seven-month moratorium on executions in Florida. More here.