Pavatt set for execution Thursday

James Dwight Pavatt, 72, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Pavatt was convicted of killing his lover’s husband in 2001 as part of a plot to collect life insurance. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted against recommending clemency, and the state attorney general supported its decision.