Oklahoma
Oklahoma moves toward final U.S. execution of 2024 after clemency plea rejected
Kevin Ray Underwood is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday, his 45th birthday.
An Oklahoma panel on Friday rejected a plea for clemency for a man convicted of torturing and killing a 10-year-old girl as part of a cannibalistic fantasy, paving the way for him to become the 25th and final person executed in the U.S. this year.
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