« on: May 22, 2016, 05:49:18 pm »
By Daniel C. Houston
Associated Press
Published: May 20, 2016
NORMAN, Okla. — An Oklahoma judge on Friday put off deciding whether to accept a man's request to plead guilty to first-degree murder in the beheading of a co-worker, as a death sentence would still be possible.
Alton Nolen reiterated his desire to plead guilty and die by lethal injection after Cleveland County District Judge Lori Walkley asked a series of questions to assess whether he understood the charges stemming from the September 2014 attack at the Vaughn Foods plant in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore.
"I'm being (held) captive to the disbelievers of Allah,...," Nolen, who converted to Islam shortly before the attack, told the judge, declining to take the stand when delivering his testimony..."
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/beheading-suspect-says-he-s-being-held-captive-to-the-disbelievers-of-allah-1.410719
Well, he's correct.
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