The following is a list of people executed by the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Oklahoma since 1976.
The total amounts to 119 people, and all were executed by
lethal injection.
Notes
See also
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Capital punishment in Oklahoma
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
The state has executed the second largest number of convicts in the United States (after Texas) since re-legalization following '' Gregg v. Georgia '' in 1976. Oklahoma also has ...
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Capital punishment in the United States
References
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People executed by Oklahoma
Oklahoma
People executed
Executions
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...