OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court docket on Wednesday denied a last-minute attraction filed by Oklahoma demise row inmate Benjamin Cole, paving the best way for him to obtain a deadly injection on Thursday.
Cole, 57, was convicted and sentenced to demise for killing his 9-month-old daughter Brianna Cole by forcibly bending the toddler backward, breaking her backbone. Prosecutors allege Cole was offended on the little one for crying whereas he was taking part in a online game.
Cole’s attorneys haven't disputed that he killed the toddler, however they are saying he's severely mentally ailing and that has mind injury that worsened whereas he has been in jail.
A state panel rejected Cole’s bid for clemency earlier this month, and a district court docket decide in Oklahoma decided that he was competent sufficient to be executed.
Cole’s execution can be the sixth since Oklahoma resumed finishing up the demise penalty in October 2021.
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This story has been corrected to point the sufferer’s final identify is Cole, not Taylor.
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