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Michael Dewayne Smith (41) is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on April 4, 2024. Smith was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of 40-year-old Janet Moore and 24-year-old store clerk Sharath Pulluru on Feb. 22, 2002 in separate incidents when Smith was just 19 years old.
UPDATE (THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2024): Michael DeWayne Smith was executed this morning by the State of Oklahoma. His official time of death was 10:20am local time. A spiritual adviser stood by Smith at his request. When Smith was asked if he’d like to speak any last words, he’d only said, “Nah, I’m good.” Smith also declined to request a special final meal. This was the first execution in Oklahoma this year. The next execution scheduled in that state is that of Wade Lay on June 6.
in the year of 2002 , michael smith was 19 years old and he was a gang member
of the oak grove posi. a subdivison of the crips gang that operates in oklahoma city .according to prosecutors smiths was seeking revenge for the death of a fellow gang member and the arrest of other gang members.
before the crimes for which michel smiths was sentenced to death we first need to go back to november of the year 2000.
a gang member named teron armstrong and two other members of th gang attempted torob trans food mark in oklahoma city the store owner shot and killed teran armstrong during the robbery
the other two men fled from the scene. michel smit was not involved in thar robbery .
but he had close personal ties a close conection to the gang member that was killed.
the two other gang members involved in the robbery were later caputred and their case set to go to trial 14 months later . 14 onths after the crime occured. in february of the year 2002.
2 days before before that trial michel smith amed with a 357 revolver. went to a apartment of a woman named janet moore at about 6:30 in the morning. believing that janet moore’s son was an informant who had read it out or snitch on his fellow gang members.
smith kicked in the door to janet moore’s home ad when she began screaming he shot her to death before living he wiped down the apartment to eliminate his fingerprints.
later that same day.michael smith went to the AZ mart a convenient store located right beside the trans food mart that was robbed 14 months ago.
smith shot and killed the store clerk.mr sharattath, pulu, he then took money from the registrer and used lighter fluid that he got from the store to set fires around the store where he had tocuched anything
he also set fire the store clerk’s body. afterwards he disposed of the body clothing he had worn during the murders.
the detectives at the convenicence store observed shoe prints that appeared the same as shoe print scene at the home of janet moore earlier that morning and one investigators suspected that it might have been the same killer.
a few hours later michael smith went to visit the women named sheena johnson he told er that he killed a woman because her son had been snitching and that he got revenge for his family.by family he was obivously referring to to his felllow gang members.
by killining the clerk at a convenience store store ,some days later sheena notified police about what michael smith had told her.
by that time smith was locked up in jail . aftr piced up and arrested for another matter. detectives then interviewed smith an interview that was video redorced.
at first he denied everything but later confessed saying that he went to the home of jeanet moore but he had no intention of killingher.he wanted to kill her son but when she behan screaming he panicked and shot her.
and that the murder of the convenience store clerk was in retaliation for the death of a gang member that was killed by store clerk owner , next door.which makes absolutely no sense because it wasn’t even same store.
in court evidence was presented in defense of michael smith that he was heavily addicted to the halluciogenic drug PCP. and was under the in indluence of PCP when he committed the crimes
micheadwayne smith is scheduled to be put to death by the state of oklahoma on aprol 4th
in a post foumd on twitter a man saiyng that w was smit’s brother tweeted a replay to kim kardashian who currently has 75 million followers.
he posted a reply to kim kardashian’s post about her trip with her daughters.
not so sure kim kardashina is really keeping up with what’s going on on deth row .
and the new york man who’s picture used was not happy about it .
she has since taken it down and replace her post with an old blurry picture of ivan canto
who was executed anyway last months
micheal smith is scheduled for a clemenc hearing on march 6th. 2024
oklahoma attorney general gentner drummond requested that the partdon and parole board deny clemency him . meanwhile last month the oklahoma house committee passed the bill to put a moratorium , a halt to all executons in that state . the bill which have to be signed by the staunch pro death penalty govenor kevin stit and many believe it is unlikely that he would signe the bill.
more details- April 4, 2024
Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m., Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokesperson Lance West said.
After the first of three lethal drugs, midazolam, was administered, Smith, 41, appeared to shake briefly and attempt to lift his head from the gurney before relaxing. He then took several short, audible breaths that sounded like snores or gasps. Oklahoma DOC Director Steven Harpe said after the execution that Smith “appeared to have some form of sleep apnea.”
A masked doctor entered the execution chamber at 10:14 a.m. and shook Smith several times before declaring him unconscious.
Smith appeared to stop breathing about a minute later. The doctor reentered the execution chamber at 10:19 a.m. and checked for a pulse before Harpe announced the time of death.