Convicted murderer set to face execution a second time

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the appeal of a convicted murderer hoping to avoid execution after having survived a previous botched attempt to put him to death by lethal injection. Romell Broom was sentenced to death after being convicted of raping and killing a teenage girl in 1984. Broom "covered his eyes and began to cry" as the repeated attempts caused "a great deal of pain," court documents said.