Oklahoma carries out the 25th and final US execution this year

Kevin Ray Underwood, who turned 45 on Thursday, was executed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, prison officials said. The execution process began at 10:04 am Central Time (1604 GMT) and Underwood was pronounced dead 10 minutes later, the statement said. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 2024 was the 10th consecutive year where fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States. Underwood, a former grocery store clerk, was convicted of the...