Ehrlich to Decide Fate of Killer ; Case Reviewed; Execution Looms
The Washington Times › June 14, 2004
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Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., who now alone has the power to spare the life of convicted killer Steven Howard Oken, said yesterday he was giving the case a "thorough and thoughtful review" as preparations are made to carry out the execution as early as today.
Oken, 42, was sentenced to death for killing Dawn Marie Garvin, a 20-year-old newlywed, whom he sexually tortured then shot twice in the head after talking his way into her White Marsh, Md., apartment in late 1987.See the full content of this document
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Ehrlich to Decide Fate of Killer ; Case Reviewed; Execution Looms
He would be the first person executed since the Republican governor last year lifted the death-penalty moratorium ordered by former Gov. Parris N. Glendening in May 2002. Oken also would be...
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