Oklahoma executes man convicted of double slaying in 2002
Oklahoma has executed a death row inmate who was convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago. Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection on Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m. The 41-year-old was sentenced to die for killing Janet Moore and Sharath Pulluru in separate shootings in February 2002. During a clemency hearing last month, Smith expressed his “deepest sorrows” to the victims’ families, but denied he was responsible. Prosecutors say Smith was a ruthless gang member who killed both victims in misguided acts of revenge and confessed his involvement in the killings to police and two other people.