Marine vet’s execution date set after 21 years on death row

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Marine vet’s execution date set after 21 years on death row
By The Associated Press
 Nov 17, 07:57 PM
Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., pictured here on May 25, 2022, is a former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter convicted in the 2000 rape and killing of a 16-year-old waitress. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP)

Mississippi has set an execution date for an inmate who has been on death row for 21 years after his appeals and legal challenges were unsuccessful.

In a Thursday ruling, the Mississippi Supreme Court granted a motion from the state in the case of Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., a former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter who was convicted in the 2000 rape and killing of a 16-year-old waitress. Loden is to be put to death Dec. 14 at 6 p.m., or as soon as possible within 24 hours of that time.

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