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McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning. Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m., Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokesperson Lance West said. After […]

Michael Smith claimed he was innocent of the murder of Janet Moore and Sharath Pulluru in February 2002 and couldn't remember being arrested because he had taken too many drugs

Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Oklahoma has executed a death row inmate who was convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago. Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal

Michael DeWayne Smith was convicted of two fatal shootings in February 2002

A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning.

Smith's execution draws attention to the disproportion of capital punishment among Black people, drug users and those with intellectual disabilities.

Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m., Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokesperson Lance West said.

An attorney for Smith argued his client was in a PCP-induced haze when he confessed to police

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