Updated: Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 4:09 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 4:09 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- - The Indiana Supreme Court has set Dec. 11 as the execution date
for a man convicted of the 1994 slayings of his estranged wife and
two of her relatives in Evansville.
The court said Tuesday that 49-year-old Matthew Eric Wrinkles
has exhausted his state and federal appeals and is not entitled to
an additional appeal of his death sentence.
Court spokeswoman Kathryn Dolan says Wrinkles still could ask
Gov. Mitch Daniels for clemency. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to
hear his appeal.
Wrinkles' attorney, Joseph Cleary, had no comment.
Defense attorneys argued that jurors were biased since they
could see Wrinkles was wearing a stun belt during his trial.
Wrinkles was convicted of breaking into his brother-in-law's
home and killing his wife, her brother and his wife.
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