Timeline of Cal Coburn Brown case

May 23 and 24, 1991: Cal Coburn Brown kidnaps Holly Washa, 22, of Burien, near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. He tortures and repeatedly rapes her before killing her by slashing her throat.

May 27: Brown is arrested by police in California after he attacks a woman in Palm Springs. He confesses to Washa's slaying.

June 11: Brown is charged with aggravated murder in King County Superior Court.

Dec. 10, 1993: A jury finds Brown guilty of murder

Jan. 28, 1994: Brown is sentenced to die.

June 29, 1997: The state Supreme Court affirms Brown's conviction and death sentence.

Dec. 8, 2005: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses the conviction and death sentence because of alleged error in jury selection.

June 1, 2007: The U.S. Supreme Court reverses the appellate court's decision, finding that Brown had waived any challenge to jury selection by not objecting when the juror was excused for cause.

June 27, 2008: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the conviction and death sentence after the case is returned from U.S. Supreme Court.

March 9, 2009: The State Supreme Court announces it will not stay Brown's execution.

March 12: The State Supreme Court stays Brown's execution based on a last-minute appeal filed by Brown's attorneys.

Source: King County Prosecutor's Office