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    Richard Norman Rojem, Jr. - Oklahoma Death Row




    Facts of the Crime:

    He raped and killed his seven-year-old stepdaughter, Layla Dawn Cummings, in 1984 in Washita County. Rojem was in the process of getting a divorce from Layla's mother. He kidnapped, raped and stabbed Layla while her mother was at work and then dumped her body in a field. Rojem was on parole from Michigan after serving three years of a six- to 15-year sentence for two counts of criminal sexual conduct. He had violated his parole, and an arrest warrant had been issued for him at the time of the killing.

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    April 16, 2009

    Appeals court affirms death sentence

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The state Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the death sentence given to a man convicted of the rape and murder of his 7-year-old former stepdaughter in 1984.

    The court voted 5-0 to affirm the resentencing hearing for Richard Rojem Jr. in the death of Layla Dawn Cummings of Elk City.

    Rojem has had two previous death sentences in the case overturned - one by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the second by the state Court of Criminal Appeals.

    http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=10193504

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    January 11, 2010

    Oklahoma child killer's death sentence upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected the appeal of a man who was sentenced to death for killing a 7-year-old girl in 1984

    Without comment, the high court let stand the conviction and death penalty of Richard Norman Rojem, who was convicted in 1985 of kidnapping, raping and murdering his former stepdaughter, Layla Dawn Cummings of Elk City.

    Rojem received his current death sentence in 2007. Two previous death sentences were reversed by appeals courts because of errors.

    The appeal rejected by the high court today was made by Rojem from a decision by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.

    http://newsok.com/oklahoma-child-kil...adlines_widget

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    On October 27, 2014, Rojem filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir...s/ca10/14-6210

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    On November 15, 2016, oral argument will be heard in Rojem's appeal before the Tenth Circuit.

    https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/...L_VERS_B_0.pdf

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    In today's opinions, the Tenth Circuit DENIED Rojem's appeal. The panel was made up of Judges Kelly (G.H.W. Bush), Lucero (Clinton) and Gorsuch (G.W. Bush).

    http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/14/14-6210.pdf

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    On January 17, 2017, the Tenth Circuit DENIED Rojem's petition for en banc rehearing.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/Search....es\16-9607.htm
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    The Supreme Court denied Rojem's petition for certiorari today. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration of the petition.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    Case Numbers: (14-6210)
    Decision Date: December 14, 2016
    Rehearing Denied: January 17, 2017

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/16-9607.html
    Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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    Richard Rojem's execution date has been set for October 5th, 2023.

    https://documents.deathpenaltyinfo.o...2022-07-01.pdf

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    So there are some news articles out there saying that this execution is still on for Thursday. Did it get rescheduled when they changed to every other month or what?

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