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Oklahoma executed Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez by lethal injection yesterday, marking the state’s third execution this year and the 20th under Governor Kevin Stitt. Convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 2003, Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, suffered from severe childhood trauma—including a brain injury from a bus accident and PTSD—yet his legal team argued for a life sentence. The state’s Attorney General claimed he killed her because she wouldn’t be controlled, while family and friends emphasized his remorse and decades of kindness, even behind bars. His execution followed a Pardon and Parole Board hearing where both sides presented their cases.

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