Terminally ill man executed in Oklahoma

 

Published: June 26, 2007

McALESTER (AP) - A terminally ill Oklahoma death row inmate was executed Tuesday after his final appeal for a reprieve was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court .

Jimmy Dale Bland , a two-time killer who shot his 62-year-old employer in the back of the head 11 years ago, became the second person executed by the state this year.

Bland, 49, was terminally ill with advanced lung cancer that spread to his brain and h...


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