oklahoma
Two police officers in Watonga, Oklahoma, are under state investigation after body camera footage showed them slamming a father to the ground while he was taking his son for an early morning walk. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) confirmed to local news outlets that it's investigating whether the two Watonga officers used excessive force when they violently detained John Sexton on the morning of July 4. The incident has led to hundreds of calls from outraged citizens to the police department, local news outlets, and the county sheriff, who has publicly called on the officers t...
Reason
Heftige Stürme haben im Süden der USA große Schäden angerichtet - mehrere Menschen starben dabei. Das Extremwetter zog in der Nacht über Texas, Oklahoma und Arkansas hinweg, wie US-Medien übereinstimmend berichteten. An mehreren Stellen entstanden demnach in allen drei Bundesstaaten auch Tornados. Das gesamte Ausmaß ist noch unklar. Rettungskräfte und Polizei waren an etlichen Orten im Einsatz, um in den Trümmern nach Vermissten zu suchen und Verletzte zu versorgen. Große Wohn- und Lastwagen kippten den Berichten zufolge wegen des starken Winds einfach um. Stromleitungen wurden abgerissen, Bäu...
DPA (German)
Washington (AFP) - A man convicted of killing two people more than two decades ago was executed by lethal injection in the western US state of Oklahoma on Thursday, officials said. Michael Smith, 41, was put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, the Department of Corrections officials said in a statement. It said the execution process began at 10:09 am Central Time (1509 GMT) and Smith was pronounced dead 11 minutes later. A "spiritual advisor" was present in the execution chamber at the time. Smith was convicted in 2003 of the separate 2002 murders in Oklahoma City of Ja...
AFP
ValueWalk
ValueWalk
Washington (AFP) - An Oklahoma man convicted of a double murder was put to death by lethal injection in the US state of Oklahoma on Thursday, the 24th and final execution to be carried out in the United States this year. Phillip Hancock, 59, was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Corrections said. He had been sentenced to death for the April 2001 murders of Robert Jett and James Lynch, members of a biker gang. Though the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board had recommended that Hancock -- who claimed he had acted in self-defense --...
AFP
ValueWalk
ValueWalk
Washington (AFP) - A 57-year-old man was executed in Oklahoma on Thursday for the murder of his infant daughter after the Supreme Court rejected last-minute appeals that his life be spared on the grounds that he was severely mentally ill. Benjamin Cole was put to death by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, the Department of Corrections said. Cole had been on Death Row in the south-central state since 2004 for the murder of his nine-month-old daughter, Brianna. He was accused of killing the crying child to silence her so he could continue playing a video game. Med...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - A 50-year-old convicted murderer was executed in Oklahoma on Thursday after the governor rejected a recommendation of clemency from the pardon board of the central US state. James Coddington was put to death by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in McAlester, prison officials said. The execution began at 10:02 am and Coddington was pronounced dead 14 minutes later, said Scott Crow, the director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. He said there were "absolutely no issues." "The execution today went in accordance with the protocol with no issues at all," Crow sa...
AFP
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