THE FRONTIER: Oklahoma executes Michael DeWayne Smith for two murders in 2002
Oklahoma carried out the execution of Michael DeWayne Smith at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Thursday.
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Oklahoma carried out the execution of Michael DeWayne Smith at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Thursday.
Smith was the first person executed by the state in 2024, and the 12th since Oklahoma resumed use of the death penalty in 2021.
State plans to kill 25 prisoners in less than three years but officials had sought to increase gap between executions from 60 to 90 days
State plans to kill 25 prisoners in less than three years but officials had sought to increase gap between executions from 60 to 90 days
An Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals judge said Department of Corrections staff tasked with carrying out the state’s backlog of executions need to “suck it up.”