Page 4 - Patsy Cantrell News Today

Oklahoma prison officials said Wednesday that they will allow an anti-death penalty minister with a history of protest-related arrests inside the execution chamber for Thursday's lethal injection of death-row inmate Scott Eizember.

Oklahoma executed death row inmate Scott Eizember Thursday morning at the state penitentiary in McAlester.

A lawsuit filed by a death row inmate’s spiritual adviser was dismissed after Oklahoma prison officials agreed to allow him into the execution chamber Thursday.

Eizember was convicted of the 2003 killings of 76-year-old A.J. Cantrell and 70-year-old Patsy Cantrell.

"I must say that 20 years is too long for justice to be served," the slain couple's nephew said in a statement read on behalf of the family.

McALESTER, Okla. — Family members of an elderly couple slain in 2003 said the execution of their killer ended a nearly 20-year nightmare.

Eizember, 62, is to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester at 10 a.m. local time on January 12.

Oklahoma plans to execute convicted murderer Scott James Eizember on Thursday. He was convicted of killing an elderly couple after breaking into their home in 2003.

Oklahoma executed an inmate Thursday morning who had been on death row since 2003 after he murdered an elderly couple while waiting inside their home to stalk his ex-girlfriend.

Oklahoma is set to execute its first death row inmate of 2023 on Thursday.