WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Supreme Court won't overturn a death sentence for a man convicted of
killing his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter in Oklahoma.
The high court on Monday
refused to hear an appeal from Raymond Eugene Johnson. Johnson was
convicted of 2 counts of first-degree murder by a Tulsa County jury in
2009 in the June 2007 deaths of Brooke Whitaker, 24, and her 7-month-old
daughter, Kya Whitaker. Prosecutors said Johnson beat Brooke Whitaker
in the head with a hammer, set her on fire and left her and the baby to
burn in their gasoline-doused home.
Oklahoma courts have refused to stop his execution, and the high court now also has refused to intervene.
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