TULSA, Okla. — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections removed the execution date for death row inmate Wade Lay on Tuesday.
Lay's execution had been scheduled for Jan. 6.
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He is sentenced to death for the 2004 shooting death of security guard Kenneth Anderson during an attempted bank robbery in Tulsa.
A judge granted a stay for Lay's execution on Dec. 6 after determining the need for a jury to decide if Lay is competent to be executed.
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The removal of the set date canceled the 35-day observation process for Lay that death row inmates go through prior to their executions.
When a new date is set, that observation process would restart.
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