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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sean Murphy

Oklahoma panel votes to reject clemency for death row inmate

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man convicted in the shotgun slayings of an elderly couple in eastern Oklahoma in 2003 and sentenced to die should not be spared from the death sentence, a state board decided Wednesday.

The five-member Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to reject clemency for Scott Eizember, 61, who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Jan. 12 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

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