Oklahoma Executes Man Convicted of Double Slaying in 2002

Michael Dewayne Smith in this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo. Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP

McALESTER, Okla.—A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning.

Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m., Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokesperson Lance West said.