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.
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.”
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.”
An Oklahoma death row inmate said he wants to tell the family of a man who was killed in 1992 that he was sorry, but maintains he didn’t fire the