Oklahoma executes Michael DeWayne Smith for two murders in 2002
Smith was the first person executed by the state in 2024, and the 12th since Oklahoma resumed use of the death penalty in 2021.
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Smith was the first person executed by the state in 2024, and the 12th since Oklahoma resumed use of the death penalty in 2021.
Death row inmate Michael DeWayne Smith claims he was framed just like fellow death row inmate Richard Glossip.
A competency trial for an Oklahoma death row inmate is scheduled to start in April — more than two years after the petition for a competency trial was first filed.
A spike in homicides is typically followed by newfound zeal for the death penalty in the United States.
A spike in homicides is typically followed by newfound zeal for the death penalty in the United States.