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.
An attorney for Smith argued his client was in a PCP-induced haze when he confessed to police
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