Clemency has been denied for death row inmate Raymond Johnson. Johnson was sentenced to death for the 2007 double murder of Brooke Whitaker and her seven-month-old daughter, Kya. Johnson was out on ...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma’s first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. McALESTER − Oklahoma has carried out the nation's third execution of 2026, giving a lethal injection to an admitted double ...

McALESTER, Okla.(AP) — Oklahoma carries out its first execution of the year on a man convicted of killing 2 in a drive-by shooting in 2006.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Hurricane Katrina evacuee who killed two men in a hail of gunfire in Oklahoma City 20 years ago became the second person ...

This photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Kendrick Simpson, 45, on Aug. 11, 2025, who is scheduled to be executed, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Oklahoma, for the 2006 drive-by ...