in McAlester, Kenneth Eugene Turrentine was put to death
in McAlester, Kenneth Eugene Turrentine was put to death
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in McAlester, Kenneth Eugene Turrentine was put to death for the June 4, 1994 shooting of Anita Richardson, 39, his ex-girlfriend.
Turrentine, 52, originally was convicted and sentenced to death as well for the killings of Richardson's 13-year-old son, Martise, and her 22-year-old daughter Tina Pennington. But a federal appeals court last year threw out the convictions in the case of Richardson's children because of a judge's error during the trial. After the slayings, Turrentine called police and admitted the killings.
Turrentine received a no-parole life term for killing his sister, Avon Stevenson, 48, the same day.
Turrentine becomes the 4th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Oklahoma, and the 35th in the USA.
Turrentine, 52, originally was convicted and sentenced to death as well for the killings of Richardson's 13-year-old son, Martise, and her 22-year-old daughter Tina Pennington. But a federal appeals court last year threw out the convictions in the case of Richardson's children because of a judge's error during the trial. After the slayings, Turrentine called police and admitted the killings.
Turrentine received a no-parole life term for killing his sister, Avon Stevenson, 48, the same day.
Turrentine becomes the 4th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Oklahoma, and the 35th in the USA.
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- (Sources: Associated Press, Reuters & Rick Halperin, 11/08/2005)
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