Wife murderer to be executed Wednesday

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) -- Rocky Barton beat one of his ex-wives with a shotgun, stabbed her three times, cut her throat and left her for dead. She survived.
Kimbirli Jo Barton -- Rocky Barton's fourth wife -- wasn't so lucky. He killed her with a point-blank blast from a .410-gauge shotgun.
For that, he is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday.
Barton, 49, has said repeatedly he deserves to die and has rejected legal appeals that would have delayed his execution.