Tag: Oklahoma
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Kansas woman found buried in a freezer in Oklahoma died from 30 stab wounds, report says
A missing Kansas woman who disappeared this year and was found in a freezer buried in a cow pasture in the Oklahoma panhandle was killed in a stabbing attack that left her with dozens of wounds, according to a medical examiner’s report. Veronica Butler, 27, died from sharp force trauma and had 30 wounds, 10 of…
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At least 1 killed and a dozen injured at Halloween party shooting in Oklahoma City
At least one person has been killed and a dozen others were injured at a shooting at a Halloween party in Oklahoma City Saturday evening, according to police. A “disturbance” ensued at the events center where the party was being held, leading to multiple shots being fired inside and outside the building, a spokesperson for…
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Supreme Court hears Oklahoma death penalty case in which state and inmate agree conviction should be tossed
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday will weigh whether inmate Richard Glossip’s murder conviction should be thrown out — an unusual death penalty case in which the attorney general of Oklahoma has sided with a defendant. Glossip, who is now 61, was convicted of arranging for the murder in 1997 of his boss at…
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Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a recommendation from the state’s parole board to spare his life. Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was declared dead at 10:17 a.m. His execution…
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Oklahoma man says he didn’t commit the crime he’s set to die for. Will the governor spare him?
Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, is set to be executed in Oklahoma on Thursday — but nobody knows whether he’s truly guilty of the crime for which he was condemned. Littlejohn was convicted of murdering Kenneth Meers, 31, during a robbery at the Root-N-Scoot convenience store Meers owned in Oklahoma City in 1992. Meers was shot and…