Stemple to be put to death after board denies clemency request
OKLAHOMA CITY - Barring any successful last-minute appeals, Timothy Shaun Stemple will be put to death [...] for the 1996 killing of his wife in Tulsa County.
That was the ruling from the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board at a hearing Friday. The board denied Stemple's final clemency request on a 4-1 vote, with board member Currie Ballard the sole vote for commuting the sentence to life without parole. Stemple is to be executed by lethal injection March 15 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. His last appeal was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 9. Stemple, 46, was convicted in 1997 of killing Trisha Stemple by severely beating her with a baseball bat wrapped in cellophane and running her over with a pickup truck along the side of U.S. 75 between 81st and 91st streets Oct. 24, 1996. According to testimony given during the trial, Shaun Stemple planned with meticulous detail the death of his wife of 11 years to collect a $950,000 life insurance policy. Shaun Stemple has maintained his innocence. Shaun and Trisha Stemple's daughter asked the board to spare her father's life. FREESHAUN.COM (website)
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