WASHINGTON, Oct 3, 2007 (AFP) - A court in Texas, which accounts for the largest number of executions in the United States, put off the execution of a Honduran-born man set for Wednesday to answer questions about the lethal injection method, news reports said.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals late Tuesday delayed for at least 30 days the planned execution of convicted murderer Heliberto Chi, 28, to consider whether the lethal injection method it uses is 'cruel and unusual' punishment in violation of the US Constitution, according to the Houston Chronicle.