Oklahoma Appellate Court Rejects Death Row Inmate’s Appeal

Oklahoma Appellate Court Rejects Death Row Inmate’s Appeal
Death row inmate Miles Bench is shown. Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP
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OKLAHOMA CITY—A state appeals court on Wednesday rejected the appeal of an Oklahoma death row inmate who was sentenced to die for killing a 16-year-old girl in 2012.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals denied Miles Bench’s motion for an evidentiary hearing and to stay proceedings in his death penalty appeal.