FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A Kentucky child killer who asked a court to be put to death could have his wish granted as early as next month.

The Kentucky Supreme Court issued an order Thursday clearing the way for Marco Allen Chapman’s execution.

Chapman asked that public defenders not be allowed to file additional appeals because he wants to be executed for the murders of two children in the northern Kentucky town of Warsaw in 2002.

Chapman has said the delays merely “drag out the misery” for himself and the family of the two children he killed. His defense attorneys called his request for a speedy execution “suicide by court.”

Under state law, the execution would go forward on Nov. 21 unless another appeal is filed.