By Fox23.com News Staff
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond formally requested for the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board to deny clemency for death row inmate Kendrick Simpson.
In 2007, Simpson was convicted by a jury on two counts of first degree murder and sentenced to death for the murders of Glen Palmer and Anthony Jones.
Authorities stated Simpson followed Palmer, Jones and one of their friends for miles in Oklahoma City before pulling up beside their car and firing 20 times at the car’s occupants.
Palmer and Jones were killed by the gunfire; their friend, who was sitting in the backseat of the car, survived.
During the shooting, law enforcement said a stray bullet entered a home and almost hit an innocent bystander.
“Kendrick Simpson hunted his victims, executed them without hesitation, and then boasted about what he had done,” said Drummond. “The families left behind have endured unimaginable pain, and nothing in Simpson’s decades on death row has shown that he deserves the mercy he refused to give to others.”
Simpson’s clemency hearing is scheduled for Jan. 15. If he is not granted clemency, his execution is scheduled for Feb. 12.
