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.
A group plans to protest outside the Governor's Mansion in Oklahoma City, calling on Gov. Kevin Stitt to halt Thursday's execution of death row inmate Michael Smith.
Smith's execution draws attention to the disproportion of capital punishment among Black people, drug users and those with intellectual disabilities.
Smith was the first person executed by the state in 2024, and the 12th since Oklahoma resumed use of the death penalty in 2021.
After Oklahoma's botched lethal injections prompted a pause on executions, the state returned to capital punishment in 2021.