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Updated: 10:11 AM Sep 26, 2008
Cummings executed for girl's killing
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Convicted killer Jessie James Cummings
Jr. has been executed for the 1991 stabbing death of his 11-year-old niece. Posted: 10:32 PM Sep 25, 2008Reporter: KXII Staff Email Address: firstnews@kxii.com |
Jesse James Cummings
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McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Convicted killer Jessie James Cummings Jr. has been executed for the 1991 stabbing death of his 11-year-old niece.
Department of Corrections spokesman Jerry Massie says Cummings was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. Thursday after receiving a lethal injection inside the death chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
Cummings also was convicted and sentenced to death for killing his sister, Judy Mayo, but that conviction was overturned by an appeals court.
Cummings has maintained his innocence and says his two ex-wives were responsible for the killings.
The two women - Juanita and Sherry Cummings - both were sentenced to prison for their roles in the killing of Mayo.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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