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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) --An American man, convicted of murdering an elderly couple almost 20 years ago, was executed Thursday in the presence of a priest whom Oklahoma prison authorities init...

Scott Eizember, 62, was given a lethal injection at McAlester Penitentiary.

The State of Oklahoma has carried out the execution of Scott Eizember.

Oklahoma executed a man Thursday who was convicted of killing an elderly couple and committing other crimes 20 years ago.

The spiritual adviser for a man scheduled to be executed Thursday filed a motion for an emergency stay to allow time for litigation in a lawsuit he filed after Oklahoma

A death-row inmate in Oklahoma who is scheduled to be executed on Thursday cannot have his spiritual adviser with him inside the execution chamber because of the minister's history of anti-death penalty activism, including an arrest, the Department of Corrections said.

Eizember is on death row for the 2003 beating death of 76-year-old A.J. Cantrell. He also was sentenced to 150 years in prison for the shooting death of 70-year-old Patsy Cantrell.

Death row inmate Scott Eizember’s team filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, claiming he’s been restricted from his religious rights.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma prison officials said Wednesday that they will allow an anti-death penalty minister with a history of protest-related arrests…

Scott Eizember was sentenced to death for killings of an Oklahoma couple. His execution is scheduled for Thursday.