SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A court hearing will be held Friday in Salem that may send death row inmate Gary Haugen to the execution he says he wants.
The Statesman Journal reports (http://bit.ly/nfKGgq ) Marion County Circuit Judge Joseph Guimond will ask Haugen a series of questions to determine if he is mentally competent to drop his appeals.
If Haugen is found mentally fit, the judge will issued a death warrant and set the date for lethal injection.
The 49-year-old was sentenced to death in 2007 for the murder of a fellow prison inmate.
