Schwarzenegger turns his back on clemency bid

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has sent another man to the execution chamber, after turning down appeals for clemency.

The movie star-turned-politician reviewed the details of the 1981 murder of Terri Winchell by Michael Morales last week, but found nothing to reverse his death order or grant the killer clemency.

In a five-page statement released on Friday, Schwarzenegger admitted he was unmoved by claims that Morales is "a changed man".

He wrote: "(That) does not excuse the brutal murder of Terri Winchell."

Morales, 46, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in California tomorrow.