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Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, was pronounced dead at 10:17 a.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. In his last words, he told his mother and daughter that he loved them but expressed no ...
Littlejohn's execution was the fourth in the U.S. in less than a week and comes just hours before Alabama is set to use nitrogen gas to execute Alan Eugene Miller on Thursday evening.
The murderers – Glenn Bethany and Emmanuel Littlejohn – were arrested and charged with robbing and murdering Meers. Littlejohn was sentenced to death, while Bethany received a life sentence in separate trials between 1993 and 1994. A controversial point in the case was the lack of direct evidence proving who had actually killed Meers.
Oklahoma is set to execute Emmanuel Littlejohn in the murder of Kenneth Meers in a 1992 robbery that turned fatal. Littlejohn maintains his innocence.
Oklahoma has carried out 14 executions under Stitt, having resumed them in 2021 after a more than six-year hiatus. In voting 3-2 last month to recommend clemency, the board appeared to be moved by questions Littlejohn's lawyers raised about whether he or a co-defendant fired the shot that killed Kenneth Meers.
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 7, 2026 Quisi Bryan: 55 29 26 Male Black Ohio: To be determined: Profile: 2 February 11, 2026 Antonio Sanchez Franklin: 47 18 29 Profile: 3 March 12, 2026 James Earl Trimble: 65 44 21 White Profile: 4 June 17, 2026
Emmanuel Littlejohn has been waiting for months to find out whether he will die on Thursday or get to live. It's been "the hardest thing I ever did." Littlejohn, 52, is set to be executed for the ...
Emmanuel Littlejohn was executed in Oklahoma over recommendations for clemency from the parole board. He spent much of his childhood in Wichita. ‘A piece of my heart is gone’: Funeral held in ...