Oklahoma has carried out its first execution of the year on a man convicted of killing two men in a drive-by shooting.

Kendrick Simpson is a New Orleans native who fled to Oklahoma as a Hurricane Katrina evacuee. He was executed for gunning ...

Oklahoma officials have locked in May 14, 2026, as the new execution date for Raymond Eugene Johnson, the Tulsa man convicted in 2009 of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter in 2007.

Kendrick Antonio Simpson was pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester ...

Kendrick Simpson, who killed two people during a 2006 drive-by shooting in Oklahoma City, was executed Thursday morning at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Oklahoma has executed death row inmate Kendrick Simpson for the 2006 drive-by shooting deaths of Glen Palmer and Anthony Jones after the state’s pardon and parole board denied clemency.

MCALESTER, Okla. — A 50-year-old Oklahoma death row inmate was executed a day after Gov. Kevin Stitt rejected a clemency recommendation. The Associated Press reported that James Coddington was ...

Raymond Eugene Johnson is set for execution May 14 for the 2007 murders of his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter in Tulsa.

Kendrick Simpson is a New Orleans native who fled to Oklahoma as a Hurricane Katrina refugee. He's being executed for gunning ...