Oklahoma on Thursday executed a man convicted for brutally killing two hotel workers in 2001, the first execution in the nation this year.
Donald Grant , 46, …
Oklahoma on Thursday executed a man convicted for brutally killing two hotel workers in 2001, the first execution in the nation this year. Donald Grant,46, was given a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at 10:16 a.m., according to a statement from John O’Connor, the attorney general of Oklahoma. O’Connor said the execution was carried out « with zero complications. » « Justice is now served for Brenda McElyea, Felecia Suzette Smith, and the people of Oklahoma, » he said in a statement, naming Grant’s victims. Oklahoma resumed executions in October following a review of its procedures to ensure lethal injections and death penalty practices were still humane.
