06 July 2021 :
Death row inmate Nicholas Davis dies after contracting COVID-19.
Davis, awaiting execution for a 2004 slaying in Oklahoma City, died of COVID-19, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Thursday. Davis, 46, Black, died on April 7 at a prison hospital in Lindsay after contracting the coronavirus, according to a medical examiner’s report. Davis had several underlying health conditions, including inflammation of the lungs, an autoimmune disease and heart disease, according to the report. Davis was housed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester awaiting execution for fatally shooting 17-year-old Marcus Smith. Davis had exhausted all of his appeals, but an execution date had not been set. According to the Department of Corrections, Davis is 1 of 56 inmates who have died of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic last year.