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Oklahoma Executes Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez | Tulsa News
Oklahoma executed Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez this morning, marking the state’s third lethal injection of 2024 and the 20th under Governor Kevin Stitt. Convicted in 2003 for murdering his common-law wife, Olimpia Fisher — while her daughter watched — Cuesta-Rodriguez had his clemency denied just last month. The Attorney General hailed it as justice for Fisher’s family, though death penalty opponents argue executions inflict lasting trauma and waste taxpayer dollars that could fund education. In his final moments, Cuesta-Rodriguez apologized to Fisher’s daughters and refused mercy, while his…
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