Bobby Glen Wilcher did something unusual Tuesday evening &8212; he cried. But he should have never had the chance.

You see, Wilcher, believe it or not, was ready to die.

He wanted to die.

He deserved to die.

And he knew it.

But six people he most likely never met thought differently, just minutes before Wilcher was to be killed by lethal injection for brutal slashing deaths of two Scott County women &8212; Katie Belle Moore and Velma Odell Noblin.

In a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of Wilcher&8217;s execution. The high court will examine the facts of the appeal when it gets to it. Experts say mostly likely October at the earliest, which gives Wilcher more time to live beyond his death sentence, all in the name of avoiding injustice.

But in this case, as Gov. Haley Barbour said following the court&8217;s ruling, &8220;The only injustice here is that 24 years have already passed since this murderer earned the death penalty.&8221;

Imagine the lives Katie Belle Moore and Velma Odell Noblin may have lived in those 24 years.

Two decades should be enough time to explore all appeals options.

Wilcher has skirted justice long enough and the U.S. Supreme Court needs to consider the full weight of its actions &8212; and the timeliness of them &8212; before another guilty murderer is allowed to cry another day as his victims lay silent.