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Moeller asks for nothing done to delay execution

Update:

The mother of a Sioux Falls girl who was raped and murdered says she plans to witness the execution of her daughter's killer.

Tina Curl's 9 year old daughter, Becky O'Connell, was killed in 1990. She was abducted from a Sioux Falls convenience store, raped and murdered.

Donald Moeller was convicted of killing the girl and sentenced to death.

Moeller has contested his case in the courts for years.

But his lawyer says now that Moeller doesn't want any more delays.

No date has been set yet for his execution.

Curl now lives in New York state. She says she ``won't get any peace of mind'' until Moeller is dead, ``and I will be there to see it.''

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ An attorney appointed to represent convicted killer Donald Moeller has told a federal judge that Moeller wants nothing done to delay his execution.

Moeller was convicted in 1997 for the rape and killing of Becky O'Connell. Last month, circuit court Presiding Judge Kathleen Caldwell set Moeller's execution for between Oct. 28 and Nov. 3, with the exact date and time up to prison officials.

The warrant for execution comes despite a pending 1983 federal lawsuit to which Moeller is adjoined arguing the state did not follow procedures in setting its execution method.  

In a letter sent to Judge Lawrence Piersol last week, attorney Mark Marshall says Moeller asks the federal court not to stay his execution and notes Moeller has not authorized anyone to seek any form of executive clemency.