“I’m glad our enemy is dead,” said a family member of A.J. and Patsy Cantrell, who Eizember killed in 2003. Eizember, in his final statement, said “my conscience is clear, completely.”
There has been at least one fatal police shooting in Oklahoma in 2023.
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Fairchild, convicted in the brutal murder of a 3-year old boy, is the state’s fifth execution of 2022. Almost one-third of U.S. executions this year have taken place in Oklahoma.
Republicans flex their muscles, as Gov. Kevin Stitt easily staved off a challenge from Joy Hofmeister on Tuesday, Ryan Walters was elected as state Superintendent, and Republicans won all of the state’s seven Congressional races.
The state is deeply red, but the two most high-profile races this cycle are seemingly up for grabs.
Stitt is defending his record and stumping with national figures like Ted Cruz and Glenn Youngkin. Hofmeister is preaching unity and vowing to help “all Oklahomans.”
Gov. Kevin Stitt has seen his polling lead over challenger and former Republican Joy Hofmeister dwindle, then disappear. Some conservative voters have decided to switch sides, at least temporarily.
