High Court Won’t Block Execution in Maryland
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From Times Wire Reports
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of a murderer who contended Maryland’s execution method was illegal.
The high court threw out a stay of execution given to convicted killer Steven Oken and denied his request for another stay based on Maryland’s method of performing lethal injections. Officials said he would be executed this week.
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