Robert Clayton is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on 4 January 2001 for the 1985 murder of Rhonda Kay Timmons. His clemency hearing before the state Pardon and Parole Board is due to take place on 30 November. A psychologist, who testified at the trial, assessed that he had an IQ of 68 (indicating a learning disability), a tendency to be dependent and submissive, and was emotionally immature.
