Oklahoma AG Requests Execution Date For Jenks Man

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is asking a state appeals court to set an execution date for a Jenks man convicted of killing his wife in Tulsa County in 1996.

Pruitt requested the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set an execution date for 46-year-old Timothy Stemple after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal.

"Timothy Shaun Stemple has exhausted all of his appeals in a court of law," Scott Pruitt said.

Stemple was convicted and sentenced to die for the killing of 30-year-old Trisha Stemple on October 24, 1996.

Prosecutors say Stemple planned to collect $950,000 in insurance money after beating his wife with a baseball bat and driving over her with a pickup with the help of a teenage accomplice.

Terry Hunt, 31, who was 16 at the time, pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to life.

In his appeals, Stemple maintains his innocence.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Pruitt is asking for an execution date within the next 60 days.