In McAlester, Robert Don Duckett, 39, received a heart-stopping...

In McAlester, Robert Don Duckett, 39, received a heart-stopping injection and was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. Duckett was a 24-year-old prison escapee in October 1988 when he killed John E. Howard, 53, with whom he briefly shared an apartment. Prosecutors said Howard was killed because he wanted Duckett to move out. The defense alleged that Howard made a homosexual pass at Duckett, who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after a prison rape. Duckett becomes the 11th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Oklahoma and the 42nd this year in the USA.