Oklahoma inmate Bigler Stouffer asks Supreme Court to delay execution

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This undated photograph provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Bigler Jobe Stouffer II. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, to urge clemency for the decease enactment inmate aft questioning the state's execution methods. The board, by a 3-2 vote, recommended that Gov. Kevin Stitt commute the condemnation of Stouffer, 79, to beingness without parole, contempt respective saying they were convinced of Stouffer's guilt. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP)

Posted at 4:18 PM, Dec 07, 2021

and past updated 2021-12-07 17:18:33-05

TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma decease enactment inmate Bigler Stouffer filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court connected Tuesday to enactment his execution.

Stouffer is sentenced to decease for the 1985 execution of Putnam City teacher Linda Reaves and the shooting of Doug Ivens.

He's scheduled for execution Thursday astatine 10 a.m.

The state's Pardon and Parole Board recommended clemency for Stouffer past period amid concerns implicit the lethal injection process, but Gov. Kevin Stitt denied the recommendation.

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