Deadline Stress at the Supreme Court

“When you say ‘deadline’ in this industry, it means something. But here, it really means ‘dead’ line, in some cases,” says Wilma Grant, publications manager for the U.S. Supreme Court, in an article in the February issue of In-Plant Graphics.

She’s referring to the stays of executions granted by The Supreme Court. In the IPG article, Grant recalls one case in which a death-row inmate was minutes from meeting his maker, and Grant was staying late to help produce the stay, under the watchful eyes of a Justice and anxious clerks.