Oklahoma Appellate Court Rejects Death Row Inmate’s Appeal

Death row inmate Miles Bench is shown. Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP

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.