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Oklahoma Court Denies Hearing for Death-Row Inmate
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Oklahoma appeals court has rejected a request for an evidentiary hearing by an Arkansas man convicted in the shooting death of a convenience store clerk in Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals handed down the decision Friday in the case of 32-year-old Marlon Deon Harmon. Harmon was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the 2004 fatal shooting of 55-year-old Kamal Choudhury. Choudhury was the owner of the Q&S convenience store.
The court upheld Harmon's conviction and death sentence last year. Prosecutors said evidence, including eyewitnesses who placed him at the scene and a print of Harmon's palm found on a card from the victim's wallet, was sufficient for a conviction.
His attorney, Kristi Christopher, did not return a phone call seeking comment.
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Posted: Saturday, January 5 2013, 06:23 PM CST
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OKLAHOMA EXECUTION-DEROSA
Okla. man convicted in deaths of 2 faces execution
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A man convicted of the stabbing deaths of an elderly Le Flore County couple almost 13 years ago is scheduled to be executed.
James Lewis DeRosa's execution by lethal injection is set for Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted last month against recommending that Governor Mary Fallin commute DeRosa's death sentence to life in prison without parole.
Defense attorney Tom Hird of the Federal Public Defender's Office did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.
DeRosa was convicted in the stabbing deaths of 73-year-old Curtis Plummer and 70-year-old Gloria Plummer on October 2nd, 2000.
Prosecutors say DeRosa and a co-defendant talked their way into the victims' rural Poteau home, slashed their throats and left with $73 and the couple's truck.
DEATH ROW INMATE-INDIAN COUNTRY
Oklahoma weighing options in murder case
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- The Oklahoma Attorney General's Office says it's weighing its options after a federal appeals court said the state didn't have jurisdiction over a death-row case in which a man pleaded guilty to killing three people in Indian Country.
Agency spokeswoman Diane Clay says the state has about two weeks to petition the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a rehearing. That Denver-based court overturned the death sentences for David Magnan last week.
Clay says the state has three months to take the matter directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state could also decide to take no action, instead leaving it up to federal prosecutors to file the case against Magnan.
Magnan remains in prison pending the outcome.
MANNING-WIKILEAKS
Manning's WikiLeaks court-martial enters 3rd week
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- Prosecutors are moving quickly through the court-martial of Private First Class Bradley Manning.
The former Army intelligence analyst from Oklahoma is charged with aiding the enemy. He has acknowledged sending reams of government secrets to WikiLeaks, but says he didn't think it would hurt national security.
As the trial entered its third week Monday, testimony focused on documents in which the U.S. had assessed the threat level of individual detainees at the prison for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
So far, the military judge in Fort Meade, Maryland has heard from more than 40 of the government's approximately 140 witnesses.
Last week's testimony involved battlefield reports and videos. Still to come is evidence about 250,000 diplomatic cables Manning allegedly stole from a State Department database.
Manning says he leaked the material to expose wrongdoing.
HABITAT DONATION
Habitat for Humanity to donate to tornado victims
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity says it will donate proceeds from sales at its Renovation Station stores in Oklahoma City to help pay for construction and repairs of homes of the May tornado victims.
Habitat said Monday that all proceeds through August 31st will be donated to the project. Habitat is also soliciting donations to help rebuild or repair homes damaged by the tornadoes in the Oklahoma City metro area.
Renovation Stations are retail stores operated by Habitat for Humanity that sell new and used building supplies, material, appliances, furniture and other household items. There are two in Oklahoma City -- one in north Oklahoma City and the other on the city's southwest side.
COLORADO-STORMS
Storms damage hangar in eastern Colo.
LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) -- A storm has brought hail, heavy rain and strong winds to parts of eastern Colorado, with fire officials in La Junta (lah-HUN'-tah) reporting damage to an airport hangar and downed power poles.
There were no immediate reports of injuries Monday night.
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