Man executed in Oklahoma

McAlester - Oklahoma executed a man on Tuesday who had been convicted of fatally shooting a woman for £100,000 that her husband…

McAlester - Oklahoma executed a man on Tuesday who had been convicted of fatally shooting a woman for £100,000 that her husband promised but never paid, prison officials said.

Vincent Allen Johnson (42) was pronounced dead two minutes after receiving a chemical injection at a state prison.

It was the state's 43rd execution since Oklahoma reinstated the death penalty in 1977 and resumed executions in 1990.

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