{"id":138935,"date":"2024-12-19T23:07:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138935"},"modified":"2024-12-19T23:07:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:07:50","slug":"oklahoma-prepares-to-perform-the-nations-25th-and-final-execution-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138935","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma prepares to perform the nation&#8217;s 25th and final execution of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man who killed a 10-year-old girl in what would be the nation\u2019s 25th and final execution of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Ray Underwood is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday, his 45th birthday, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Underwood, a former grocery store worker, was <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/0a5138f40f3541bcbfc88718423ca997\">sentenced to die<\/a><\/span> for killing Jamie Rose Bolin in 2006 as part of a cannibalistic fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Underwood admitted to luring Jamie into his apartment and beating her over the head with a cutting board before suffocating and sexually assaulting her. He told investigators that he nearly beheaded the girl in his bathtub before abandoning his plans to eat her.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma uses a three-drug lethal injection process that begins with the sedative midazolam followed by a second drug that paralyzes the inmate to halt their breathing and a third that stops their heart.<\/p>\n<p>During a hearing last week before <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kevin-underwood-oklahoma-execution-delay-clemency-d95ada8d1e55be23e68cdfb40e348591\">the state\u2019s Pardon and Parole Board<\/a><\/span>, Underwood told the girl\u2019s family he was sorry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to apologize to the victim\u2019s family, to my own family and to everyone in that room today that had to hear the horrible details of what I did,\u201d Underwood said to the board via a video feed from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.<\/p>\n<p>The three board members in attendance at last week\u2019s meeting all <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/oklahoma-execution-kevin-ray-underwood-76df3647477358c7e2a938aaf7acf205\">voted against recommending clemency<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Underwood\u2019s attorneys had argued that he deserved to be spared from death because of his long history of abuse and serious mental health issues that included autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar and panic disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and various deviant sexual paraphilias.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever deviance of the mind led Underwood to abduct, beat, suffocate, sexually abuse and nearly decapitate Jamie cannot be laid at the feet of depression, anxiety or (autism),\u201d prosecutors wrote in their opposition to Underwood\u2019s clemency request. \u201cUnderwood is dangerous because he is smart, organized and driven by deviant sexual desires rooted in the harm and abuse of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied a last-minute request by Underwood\u2019s attorneys seeking a stay of execution. The attorneys had argued that he deserved a hearing before the full five-member parole board and that the panel violated state law and Underwood\u2019s rights by rescheduling its hearing at the last minute after two members of the board resigned.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/oklahoma-lethal-injection-execution-kevin-underwood-76bd3205976e67f48950eeef732f5130\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man who killed a 10-year-old girl in what would be the nation\u2019s 25th and final execution of the year. 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