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| Maryland High Court Rejects Appeal of Death Row Inmate |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/24/2003 |
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Maryland's highest court has rejected an appeal by death row inmate Steven H. Oken that was based on a University of Maryland study of the state's death penalty law. Oken, who faces execution for killing a Baltimore County woman in 1987, had appealed for a new sentencing hearing using criminologist Raymond Paternoster's state-commissioned study. Paternoster found that geography and race of the victim plays a large role in the chances of a defendant facing the death penalty in Maryland. In an order signed March 11 by Judge Irma S. Raker, the Maryland Court of Appeals denied Oken's request. Raker made no written comment on the decision, but noted that Judge John C. Eldridge and Chief Judge Robert M. Bell would have granted the motion. Oken lawyer Mike Lawlor said no decision has been made to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Oken was originally scheduled to die this week for killing Dawn Marie Garvin, but his execution was postponed after the Court of Appeals agreed to hear another appeal. That hearing is scheduled for May. |
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