Oklahoma man is put to death over a 2001 killing, the first in a pair of US executions

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man was put to death over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend’s estranged husband in 2001, the first of two executions scheduled in the U.S. on Thursday. James Pavatt, 73, was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in McAlester. He was pronounced dead at 10:12 a.m. CST, [...]

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