Kendrick Simpson said he was "compelled by paranoia."

17:07, Thu, Feb 12, 2026 Updated: 17:15, Thu, Feb 12, 2026

Kendrick Simpson

Kendrick Simpson (Image: Police)

A double murderer has been executed via lethal injection, as he claimed he committed his crimes due to "paranoia." Kendrick Antonio Simpson, 45, was put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Thursday morning local time and pronounced dead at 10.19am (4.19pm GMT).

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He had been sentenced to death for a 2006 drive-by shooting in Oklahoma City that left two young men dead.

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