Oklahoma Executes Jeffrey Matthews

Oklahoma executed Jeffrey Matthews yesterday for the 1994 murder of his great uncle during a robbery. Matthews was pronounced dead at 6:09pm on Tuesday evening, the second death row inmate to be put to death in Oklahoma in 2011.
Oklahoma has executed 96 condemned inmate's since the state resumed executions in 1976. Only Texas and Virginia have carried out more - 456 and 108 respectively. Oklahoma is also responsible for both of the executions carried out so far this year.