{"id":31833,"date":"2022-11-18T00:57:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T00:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/18\/marine-vets-execution-date-set-after-21-years-on-death-row\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:09:54","slug":"marine-vets-execution-date-set-after-21-years-on-death-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2022\/11\/18\/marine-vets-execution-date-set-after-21-years-on-death-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine vet\u2019s execution date set after 21 years on death row"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mississippi has set an execution date<\/a> for an inmate who has been on death row for 21 years after his appeals and legal challenges were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Thursday ruling, the Mississippi Supreme Court granted a motion from the state in the case of Thomas Edwin Loden Jr.<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter due consideration, the court finds that Loden has exhausted all state and federal remedies for the purposes of setting an execution date under Mississippi Code,\u201d Chief Justice Michael Randolph wrote. \u201cAccordingly, the court finds that the state\u2019s motion to set execution date should be granted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ruling comes after the Mississippi attorney general\u2019s office on Oct. 4 asked the court to set an execution date for Loden.<\/p>\n\n\n\t