WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a Death Row inmate in Oklahoma who is to be executed despite claims by his lawyers that he is severely mentally ill.Benjamin Cole, 57, is to be put to death by lethal injection at 10:00 am (1500 GMT) at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.Cole was sentenced to death in 2004 for the murder of his daughter, Brianna.He was accused of killing the crying infant to silence her so he could continue playing a video game.According to his lawyers, Cole suffers from “debilitating mental illness” and the US Constitution prohibits the execution of someone who is not mentally competent.Cole has been diagnosed with paranoid schizo
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