In McAlester, an Army veteran who killed 4 people during...
In McAlester, an Army veteran who killed 4 people during a 1990 robbery was executed
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In McAlester, an Army veteran who killed 4 people during a 1990 robbery was executed.
Jerry Lynn McCracken, 35, was pronounced dead at 6:06 p.m. after receiving an injection of drugs at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
McCracken was sentenced to die for the Oct. 14, 1990 shooting deaths of Steve Allen Smith, 34, Tyrrell Lee Boyd, 27, Timothy Edward Sheets, 39, and Carol Ann McDaniels, 41.
A co-defendant, David Keith Lawrence, pleaded guilty and received a sentence of life in prison plus 20 years in exchange for his testimony against McCracken.
"I am guilty. I have no excuse," said McCracken. "I am ready to die."
Jerry Lynn McCracken, 35, was pronounced dead at 6:06 p.m. after receiving an injection of drugs at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
McCracken was sentenced to die for the Oct. 14, 1990 shooting deaths of Steve Allen Smith, 34, Tyrrell Lee Boyd, 27, Timothy Edward Sheets, 39, and Carol Ann McDaniels, 41.
A co-defendant, David Keith Lawrence, pleaded guilty and received a sentence of life in prison plus 20 years in exchange for his testimony against McCracken.
"I am guilty. I have no excuse," said McCracken. "I am ready to die."
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Tulsa World, Associated Press & Rick Halperin, 10/12/2002)
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