Oklahoma executes man who killed woman in 2005 home invasion

Wendell Grissom received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was pronounced dead at 10:13 a.m.

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Oklahoma executes man who killed a woman in a 2005 random home invasion robbery

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man on Thursday for fatally shooting a woman during a home invasion and robbery 20 years ago.
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