Kenneth Meers of Oklahoma City "simply did not have a mean bone in his body." The man convicted of killing him is set to be executed Thursday.

Oklahoma Death Row Emmanuel Littlejohn was executed on Thursday for a 1992 murder, despite a recommendation of clemency from the state Pardon and Parole Board.

Oklahoma is set to execute Emmanuel Littlejohn in the murder of Kenneth Meers in a 1992 robbery that turned fatal. Littlejohn maintains his innocence.

Emmanuel Littlejohn was declared dead at 10:17 a.m. on Thursday after receiving a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

Oklahoma on Thursday carried out its 14th execution since lethal injections resumed three years ago after a long hiatus brought about by drug mix-ups and botched procedures. Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, was pronounced dead at 10:17 a.

Emmanuel Antonio Littlejohn has become the fourth US death row inmate to be executed in the last week, despite an Oklahoma clemency board voting to commute his sentence. Littlejohn, 52, was executed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester at 10:17 a.

Convicted Oklahoma County killer Emmanuel A. Littlejohn was put to death Thursday after Gov. Kevin Stitt declined to grant clemency. “These decisions are very difficult and I do not make them lightly,

Emmanuel Littlejohn, a death-row inmate convicted of a 1992 Oklahoma City convenience store robbery and murder, was executed Thursday after spending more than 30 years behind bars.

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