By Associated Press
5:03 AM CST, January 14, 2010
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — The state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute a man convicted of killing his former girlfriend's daughter and her 6-year-old son more than 16 years ago.
Julius Ricardo Young is scheduled to be put to death at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Young was convicted of the 1993 beating deaths of Joyland Morgan and her son, Kewan. Their bodies were discovered in separate rooms of their Tulsa apartment on Oct. 1, 1993.
Prosecutors say Young was upset that Morgan's mother had recently broken off their relationship.
Young has exhausted all of his appeals, and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 4-1 in December to deny him clemency.
The state executed three people in 2009.
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