Man executed for killing infant daughter despite severe mental illness
Man executed for killing infant daughter despite severe mental illness
Benjamin Cole was executed almost 20 years after killing his 9-month-old daughter (Pictures: AP)
Oklahoma executed a man convicted of killing his infant daughter, despite pleas for clemency from his attorneys due to his multiple illnesses.
Benjamin Cole was executed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 10.22am on Thursday.
The Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal from Cole’s lawyers on…