The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied a request to stay today’s execution of a man convicted of killing his 3-year-old daughter, his ex-wife and her parents.If carried out as scheduled at 6 p.m. today, the execution by lethal injection of 34-year-old Jan Michael Brawner would be the second in a week.The court’s decision Monday capped a round of legal briefs filed in Brawner’s case.Brawner’s lawyer said he would file a petition this morning with the U.S. Supreme Court.Brawner could be the first person executed in the U.S. on a tie vote of judges, his attorney, David Calder had argued earlier Monday in a court filing.
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