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Oklahoma man put to death in first of three US executions scheduled on same day

If all executions go ahead, it will be first time in over 15 years there have been over three judicial killings in US in one day Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez has been put to death by the state of Oklahoma, in the first of three executions scheduled for Thursday in a rare triple procedure that underlines the renewed appetite in the US for state killings. Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, was pronounced dead at…

theguardian.com ·1d ago

Oklahoma man put to death in first of three US executions scheduled on same day

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