Oklahoma Executes

"Okla. death row inmate Garry Allen executed," is the McAlester News-Capital report by Rachel Petersen.

Oklahoma death row inmate Garry Thomas Allen, 56, was executed this evening in the death chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Witnessing the execution were two media representatives, two of Allen’s attorneys, the victim’s sister-in-law, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Justin Jones and several Department of Corrections employees.

To date, there have been 36 executions in American death penalty states this year; a total of 1,313 post-Furman executions since 1977.

According to TDCJ, the next scheduled Texas execution in November 8.