Kendrick Simpson was executed in Oklahoma for a 2006 drive-by shooting that killed two men.

Kendrick Simpson, 45, was executed by lethal injection on February 12, 2026, at Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the 2006 drive-by shooting deaths of Anthony Jones, 19, and Glen Palmer, 20, following a nightclub altercation. He admitted to the killings during a clemency hearing, apologized to the victims’ families, and accepted responsibility. Despite claims of post-traumatic stress from childhood trauma and Hurricane Katrina, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board narrowly denied clemency, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene. The execution, carried out using a three-drug protocol, was the second in the U.S. that year. Family members of the victims supported the execution, with Palmer’s sister expressing that justice felt attainable after two decades.