John David Duty [SEP] convicted of
John David Duty
John David Duty (April 25, 1952 – December 16, 2010) was an American who was executed in Oklahoma for first-degree murder. According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, he is the first person in the United States to have been put to death with pentobarbital. A nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental led the state to incorporate the substitution into their protocol for lethal injections. Duty's case gained media attention because pentobarbital had typically been used to euthanize animals.
Duty was sentenced to death
– Mitchell ruled competent to stand trial.
- December 10, 2010 – Mitchell convicted in Elizabeth Smart abduction.
- May 25, 2011 – Brian David Mitchell is sentenced to two life sentences in federal prison for the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.
- September 11, 2018 - The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole announced Wanda Barzee is scheduled to be released on Sep 19 because the board had failed to give her credit for time served in federal prison.
- September 19, 2018 - After serving 15 years