A man on Mississippi’s death row who says he killed his wife can give up all future appeals and request an execution date, a judge has ruled. David Neal Cox, 50, is “competent to terminate litigation and waive all appeals” and his request to do so was “knowingly and voluntarily given,” Union County Circuit Judge Kent Smith wrote in the decision issued Thursday, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. It will be up to the state to set a date for Cox’s execution.