Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002 | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning.
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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.
Michael DeWayne Smith, 41, died by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on Thursday after being convicted of a double-murder more than two decades ago
Smith was the first person executed by the state in 2024, and the 12th since Oklahoma resumed use of the death penalty in 2021.