Oklahoma executed a man convicted of killing his infant daughter, despite pleas for clemency from his attorneys due to his multiple illnesses.
The Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal from Cole’s lawyers on Wednesday, paving the way for Oklahoma to execute their fourth death row prisoner in 2022.
People protest against the death penalty and the execution of Benjamin Cole outside of the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion Witnesses said he could be heard snoring in the execution chamber before the final dose was administered.According to prosecutors, Cole became angry at his daughter when her crying interrupted him playing video games. Cole killed her by bending her body backwards, breaking her spine and severing her aorta.
But according to his attorney Tom Hird, Cole’s severe illnesses had left him with ‘no rational understanding of why the State seeks to execute him.’ Cole was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Later, doctors also discovered a large lesion on his brain, which effected his problem solving, movement, and social abilities. It is sometimes associated with Parkinson’s disease.
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