|
|
| Oklahoma Man Executed for Murder of Teen-Age Girl |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 06/10/2003 |
|
An Oklahoma man convicted in the 1993 rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl was executed by lethal injection on June 5 in a state prison. Attorneys for Kenneth Charm, 37, tried to stop the execution on grounds that Charm was mentally retarded, but the U.S. Supreme Court rejected their appeal, said prison spokesman Jerry Massie. Charm was condemned for the kidnap, rape and murder of Brandy Hill in the southwestern Oklahoma city of Lawton on July 20, 1993. Police said he and accomplice Ronald Jessie picked up Hill under the guise of giving her a ride home and drove her to a remote area where she was raped, strangled and beaten with a sledgehammer. Jessie, who was 16 at the time of the crime, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. In a final statement while awaiting the lethal injection, Charm made a brief apology. 'I'd like to apologize to the victim's family. To my family, I ask your forgiveness,' he said, according to Massie. For his final meal, Charm requested fried chicken, french fries, hot peppers, corn on the cob, ketchup and hot sauce. Charm was the ninth person put to death this year in Oklahoma and the 63rd since the state resumed executions in 1990, 14 years after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a national death penalty ban. |
advertise
|
privacy policy
|
add URL
|
about us
|
terms/disclaimer
|
contact us
|
join our team
|
help
Comments:
Login to let us know what you think