2 men to be executed in US, one in Oklahoma and another in Texas

Two men were scheduled to be executed Thursday, one in Oklahoma and one in Texas. James Pravatt was set to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester for the fatal shooting of his girlfriend’s estranged husband. John Allen Rubio was scheduled for execution in Huntsville for killing three young children in Brownsville in 2003. The executions were part of a year on track to exceed 40 nationwide.