Friday 13th of April 1917 (-) — Murderer Chester Taylor is executed by Old Sparky
Friday 19th of May 1933 (-) — Murderer Luke Nichols is executed by Old Sparky
Friday 19th of June 1936 (-) — Kidnapper Arthur Gooch is executed by hanging
Gooch was the first and only person hanged for a non-murdering kidnapping under the Lindbergh Law. Oklahoma’s executioner Richard Earnest Owen was an old hand with his state’s electric chair, but the federal execution method was hanging, which Owen had never before performed (and never would again). Gooch took 15 minutes to strangle at the end of the rope for an audience of about 300.
Friday 11th of January 1957 (-) — Murderer Otto Loel is executed by Old Sparky
Tuesday 10th of March 1992 (-) — Murderer Robyn Parks is executed by lethal injection
A mere two minutes after the drugs had entered Parks' bloodstream he began reacting violently to the drugs. The muscles in his jaw, neck and abdomen went into spasm. Parks began gasping and even looked like his was choking. He was eventually pronounced painfully dead 11 minutes later.
Thursday 8th of May 1997 (-) — Murderer Scott Carpenter is executed by lethal injection
Carpenter's last meal request was for barbecued beef ribs, corn on the cob, baked beans, potato salad, hot rolls, sweetened lemonade and pecan pie with whipped topping.
Thursday 4th of February 1999 (-) — Triple murderer Sean Sellers is executed by lethal injection
Sellers' last meal request was for Chinese food: eggrolls, sweet-and-sour shrimp, and batter-fried shrimp. Seller's last words included "All the people that are hating me right now and are here waiting to see me die, when you wake up in the morning, you're not going to feel any different. You're going to hate me just as much tomorrow as tonight."
Thursday 7th of January 1999 (-) — Double murderer John Castro is executed by lethal injection
Tuesday 8th of April 2003 (-) — Murderer Don Hawkins is executed by Old Sparky
Hawkins' last meal request was for stuffed crust combo pizza with extra cheese and a Dr Pepper.
Thursday 16th of December 2010 (-) — Murderer John David Duty is executed by lethal injection
Duty was to be the first US prisoner whose execution included the use of the sedative pentobarbital, commonly used to euthanise animals. Duty's last meal request was for a double cheeseburger with mayonnaise, a foot-long hot dog with cheese, mustard and onions, a cherry limeade, and a banana shake.
Tuesday 29th of April 2014 (-) — Kidnapper and murderer Clayton Lockett dies of a heart attack during a botched execution by lethal injection
Thursday 28th of October 2021 (-) — Murderer John Grant is executed by lethal injection
Grant was strapped to a gurney inside the execution chamber and began convulsing and vomiting after the first drug, the sedative midazolam, was administered. Several minutes later, two members of the execution team wiped the vomit from his face and neck. Before the curtain was raised to allow witnesses to see into the execution chamber, Grant could be heard yelling “Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go!” He delivered a stream of profanities before the lethal injection started. He was declared unconscious about 15 minutes after the first of three drugs was administered and declared dead about six minutes after that.
Thursday 27th of January 2022 (-) — Double murderer Donald Grant is executed by lethal injection
Grant had asked a federal judge to intervene and allow execution by the firing squad rather than lethal injection.
Thursday 25th of August 2022 (-) — Murderer James Coddington is executed by lethal injection
Coddington's last meal request was for two cheeseburgers, two crunchy fish sandwiches, two large fries and a large soda.
Thursday 17th of November 2022 (-) — Child killer Richard Fairchild is executed by lethal injection
Fairchild was executed on his 63rd birthday for the brutal 1993 murder of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son. Fairchild's last meal request was for two Quarter Pounders with cheese, a large container of fries, a large Coca-Cola, a pumpkin pie and a pint of chocolate ice cream.
Thursday 27th of June 2024 (-) — Child rapist and murderer Richard Rojem is executed by lethal injection
According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Rojem was the state's longest-serving death row prisoner at the time of his execution. Rojem's last meal request was for a small Little Caesars's pizza with double cheese and double pepperoni, eight salt packets, eight crushed red pepper packets, a bottle of ginger ale, a Styrofoam cup and two vanilla ice cream cups.
Thursday 4th of April 2024 (-) — Triple murderer Michael Smith is executed by lethal injection
Smith's last words were "Nah, I'm good."
Thursday 26th of September 2024 (-) — Murderer Emmanuel Littlejohn is executed by lethal injection
Littlejohn's last meal request was for meat pizza, Coca-Cola and two slices of cheesecake.
