By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:47 EST, 13 November 2012 | UPDATED: 01:26 EST, 14 November 2012 Marked for death: Brett Hartman claims he had nothing to do with the brutal 1997 murder of Winda Snipes in Akron, Ohio A condemned killer who claimed he was wrongfully accused of stabbing a woman 138 times, slitting her throat and cutting off her hands was put to death today. Death row inmate Brett Hartman has acknowledged he had sex with victim Winda Snipes early on the morning of September 9, 1997 at her Akron apartment, but did not kill her.
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Bret Hartman will be executed today in the murder of Winda Snipes
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Hartman claims he had sex with Ms Snipes earlier in the day, but did not kill her
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She was stabbed 138 times, her throat was slit and her hands were cut off
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Ohio officials say he was denied clemency due to the brutality of the murder, and overwhelming evidence against him
When that claim failed, Hartman had a new date set last year, but that was postponed because of a federal lawsuit over @placeholder's execution policy.