By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected three separate requests for a delay in execution by a condemned inmate who shot his three sons as they slept.
The court’s decisions Friday moved 66-year-old Reginald Brooks closer to being the first Ohio inmate executed in six months.
Earlier Friday a federal judge also rejected Brooks’ request to delay his Nov. 15 execution while upholding Ohio’s new rules for carrying out lethal injection.
The Supreme Court rejected appeals by Brooks to allow him to argue his mental competency and for a new trial.
The court also rejected a request for a delay until a statewide committee finishes studying the fairness of Ohio’s capital punishment law.