Oklahoma Executes Air Force Veteran, Murderer James Pavatt After Groups Protested Measure

Oklahoma executed Air Force veteran James Pavatt by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Thursday, November 12. The 72-year-old was sentenced to death for the 2001 murder of Rob Andrew, an Oklahoma City advertising executive. Pavatt’s clemency bid failed, and veterans groups had protested the execution. It was Oklahoma’s fourth and final execution of 2026.