Gilbert Ray Postelle Executed By Oklahoma Fourth Death Since October
Gilbert Ray Postelle received a lethal injection on February 17. The execution comes four months after the state of Oklahoma resumed lethal injections after almost seven years, resulting in three other executions. Postelle was charged with shooting James Alderson, Terry Smith, Donnie Swindle and Amy Wright to death on Memorial Day 2005. The Associated Press reported that although he did not deny his involvement during a December 2021 clemency hearing, his attorneys argued that he should not be executed for various reasons, including a learning disability....