The execution took place at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary –
Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma, United States, this Thursday, the 26th. The execution took place at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
He was found guilty of murdering Kenneth Meers, 31, in a convenience store robbery in 1992. According to the Associated Press news agency, the man was accompanied by his mother and daughter and before being killed he had confessed to his mother, Ceily Mason. .
Littlejohn: Mom, are you okay?
Ceily : I’m fine.
Littlejohn: Everything will be fine. I love you.
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Emmanuel’s spiritual advisor, Reverend Jeff Hood, was also in the death chamber and prayed for him during the process, which lasted 17 minutes.
In video testimony to the Pardon and Parole Board, the suspect apologized to the family of the murder victim that led to his arrest, but denied firing the fatal shot. Littlejohn is the third Oklahoma inmate put to death this year and the 14th since the state resumed executions in 2021 after a hiatus of more than six years.
