Hendrick understands he is a deeply flawed man who has caused immense pain. He takes responsibility for killing two people. Ashamed of my actions. I’m ashamed of the destruction my actions caused. 40 years being a part of my testimony. I’m profoundly sorry and I ask for your mercy.
On February 12th, 2026, at exactly 10:19 in the morning, a man took his final breath inside Oklahoma State Penitentiary in Mallister. His name was Kendrick Antonio Simpson. He had been waiting on death row for 18 years for this moment to arrive. His last meal was simple, a bacon cheeseburger, large onion rings, and a strawberry milkshake.
Classic American fast food, the kind of meal you might grab on any ordinary day. But there was nothing ordinary about what brought Kendrick to that execution chamber. And here’s what makes this true crime case absolutely chilling. The whole thing started because someone said something about his hat, a Chicago Cubs baseball cap. That’s all it took.
One comment, one perceived insult inside a hiphop nightclub in Oklahoma City. And by the time the sun came up the next morning, two young men had lost their lives on Pennsylvania Avenue. But that’s not even close to the most disturbing part of this documentary. You see, before Kendrick took those two lives, he had already committed a violent home invasion.
He had forced his way into another man’s home and left that victim with life-threatening injuries. But somehow, against every odd imaginable, that victim survived. And he would later take the stand in court to testify about what Kendrick had done to him. This is the true crime story of a man who fled New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.
A refugee who came to Oklahoma looking for a fresh start. And within months of arriving, he became one of the most violent offenders the state had ever prosecuted. a man who after committing an unthinkable act showed no remorse whatsoever. He bragged about what he had done with pride like he had just accomplished something worth celebrating.
But fast forward 18 years later, Kendrick is sitting in front of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board via video conference from death row and he says something completely different. I’m not a monster. I’m not the worst of the worst. So, which version was the truth? Was he the dangerous criminal who showed no remorse for taking two lives? Or was he the reformed prisoner who spent nearly two decades on death row earning his GED, taking college courses, writing award-winning poetry, and maintaining relationships with his sons. By the end
of this documentary, you’ll know every significant detail of what happened on the night of January 16th, 2006. You’ll hear from the sole survivor who witnessed the tragedy. You’ll hear from the victim who survived the earlier attack and lived to tell about it. And you’ll be forced to answer the same impossible question that prosecutors, defense attorneys, victim families, and the state of Oklahoma debated for 18 years.
Did Kendrick Antonio Simpson deserve to be executed? Or did the system put to death a man who had genuinely changed? To understand what happened on January 16th, 2006, we need to go back to the evening before. January 15th, Kendrick Antonio Simpson was 26 years, old, living in Oklahoma City after fleeing New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina just months earlier.
He had two friends with him that night, Jonathan Dalton and Latango Robertson. The three of them were planning to hit up Fritzies, a popular hip hop club in Oklahoma City, where people went to drink, dance, and blow off steam on the weekends. But before they left, they stopped at Kendrick’s house so he could change clothes.
While he was inside, Kendrick grabbed something else, a weapon. He brought it to the car and they left. But they didn’t go straight to the club. First, they stopped at a house party. And for the next several hours, the three men drank alcohol and used drugs. They didn’t roll up to Fritz until sometime between midnight and 1:00 in the morning on January 16th.
By the time they walked through those doors, Kendrick was already intoxicated. He had been drinking. He had been smoking marijuana. And according to court testimony, he had also taken other substances. Once inside the club, Kendrick and Jonathan headed to the bar and got drinks. Jonathan and Latango found a table and sat down while Kendrick walked around the club, moving through the crowd, checking out the scene.
And that’s when he walked past three men he had never met before. London Johnson, Anthony Jones, and Glenn Palmer. These three had known each other since they were kids. They were a best friends, brothers in every sense of the word except blood. Glenn Palmer was 20 years old. Anthony Jones was just 19.
They had their whole lives ahead of them. They had no idea they were about to cross paths with someone who would change everything. As Kendrick passed by them, one of the guys said something about the Chicago Cubs baseball cap Kendrick was wearing. It was a casual comment, nothing serious, the kind of thing people say in passing at a crowded bar.
But Kendrick didn’t take it that way. He walked back to his table where Jonathan and Latango were sitting and told them that some guy had just given him a hard time about his cap. And then he did something that should have been a warning to everyone in that club. He walked back over to those three men. And this time his tone was completely different.
He looked at them and made a serious threat against their lives. It was a direct threat. And London, Anthony, and Glenn heard it loud and clear. But then, just a few moments later, something strange happened. Kendrick walked back over to Glenn Palmer, and this time he acted like nothing had happened, like he hadn’t just threatened them.
He extended his hand toward Glenn, smiled, and said, “We cool?” It was a test, a fake peace offering, an attempt to see if Glenn would buy it, if he would shake his hand and let it go. But Glenn wasn’t stupid. He saw right through it. and instead of shaking Kendrick’s hand, Glenn responded with physical force.
The confrontation happened in front of everyone in that club. Kendrick’s pride was shattered and he was humiliated. He walked back to the table where Jonathan and Latango were sitting and without saying much, he told them he wanted to leave. Right now, the three men walked out of Fritz and got in their car, but they didn’t go home.
Instead, they ended up at a 7-Eleven convenience store on Northwest 23rd Street. They pulled into the parking lot and started talking to some girls they had met earlier outside the club. And while they were sitting there in their Monte Carlo, another car pulled into the lot, a Chevy Caprice. Inside that caprice were the same three men from the nightclub.
London Johnson, Anthony Jones, and Glenn Palmer, the guy who had just confronted Kendrick less than an hour ago. Kendrick recognized Glenn immediately. He was sitting in the driver’s seat of the Caprice, probably grabbing some snacks or drinks, not thinking twice about the fact that the guy from the club was sitting in a car just a few feet away.
Jonathan, who was behind the wheel of the Monte Carlo, could sense the tension building. He looked over at Kendrick and told him to chill out, to let it go, to just leave it alone. But Kendrick wasn’t listening. What happened next would seal his fate and destroy the lives of everyone involved. Glenn started up the Caprice, pulled out of the 7-Eleven parking lot, and merged onto Interstate 44, heading back toward home with Anthony in the passenger seat and London in the back.
And that’s when Kendrick gave Jonathan an order. Follow them. Jonathan hesitated for a second, but Kendrick wasn’t asking. He was demanding. So Jonathan put the Monte Carlo in gear and followed the Caprice onto the interstate. As they drove down the highway, trailing behind the Caprice, Kendrick turned around and looked at Latango, who was sitting in the back seat. Hand me the weapon.
Latango froze. He knew what Kendrick was about to do. And for a moment, he hesitated, but Kendrick made it crystal clear. If he had to reach back there and get it himself, there would be trouble. So, Latango handed it over. Glenn Palmer took the exit off Interstate 44 onto Pennsylvania Avenue. It was a residential street, quiet, dark, just a regular road in Oklahoma City where families lived, where people slept peacefully in their homes, unaware of what was about to happen just outside their windows. Jonathan followed the
Caprice off the exit, staying close behind. And as they drove down Pennsylvania Avenue, Jonathan pulled the Monte Carlo into the left lane right beside the Caprice. The two cars were now side by side cruising down the road at the same speed. Glenn was behind the wheel of the Caprice. Anthony Jones was in the front passenger seat, and London Johnson was in the back, probably tired, ready to get home, thinking about nothing more than getting some sleep after a long night out.
And then Kendrick opened fire. The sound of gunfire shattered the silence of that residential neighborhood. London, sitting in the back seat, heard the first shot and immediately dropped to the floor. He didn’t see the shooter’s face. He didn’t see exactly what was happening, but he saw the white Monte Carlo pull up beside them, and he heard the unmistakable sound of gunfire.
The Caprice swerved violently. Glenn had been hit. He lost control of the vehicle. The car jumped the curb, slammed into an electric pole, crashed through a fence, and finally came to a stop. And then there was silence. Glenn Palmer had been struck by gunfire. Anthony Jones had also been hit. He was unconscious, unresponsive.
London, trapped in the back seat with his two best friends, pulled himself up off the floor and looked around. Anthony wasn’t moving. Glenn was struggling. London tried to help. He tried to do anything he could to keep his best friend alive, but there was nothing he could do. London managed to flag down a passing car.
He begged the driver to get help, to call 911, to do something. The driver called for an ambulance, but by the time paramedics arrived at the scene, it was already too late. Glenn Palmer and Anthony Jones were pronounced dead right there on Pennsylvania Avenue. Two young men, 20 and 19 years old. They had walked into Fritz just a few hours earlier, laughing, having a good time, living their lives, and now they were gone.
All because of a comment about a baseball cap. Meanwhile, back in the Monte Carlo, Kendrick made a statement that would be repeated over and over again in courtrooms for the next 18 years. He bragged about what he had just done. He showed absolutely no remorse. And then he added something else that showed he felt justified in his actions. Jonathan kept driving. He didn’t stop.
He didn’t slow down. He just kept the Monte Carlo moving down the road, away from the scene, away from what they had just left behind. Eventually, they arrived at Jonathan’s house in Midwest City, a suburb just outside Oklahoma City. They pulled into the driveway, got out of the car, and went inside.
And the first thing they did was conceal the evidence. Then they switched cars. They couldn’t drive around in the same Monte Carlo that had just been used in the attack. Too risky, too obvious. So, they got into a different vehicle, and did something that most people would find absolutely unbelievable.
They went to meet up with the girls from Fritz, the same girls they had been talking to in the 7-Eleven parking lot earlier that night. They acted like nothing had happened, like they hadn’t just committed a terrible crime, like it was just another night out in Oklahoma City. But while Kendrick was pretending everything was normal, the Oklahoma City Police Department was already working the case.
Detectives arrived at the scene on Pennsylvania Avenue and immediately recognized this wasn’t some random act of violence. This was a targeted attack. And they had a survivor, London Johnson, the sole witness who had been in the back seat of that Caprice when the violence occurred. London told investigators everything he could remember.
The white Monte Carlo pulling up beside them, the sound of gunfire, the moment his two best friends were taken from him right in front of him. He described what had happened at Fritz earlier that night. the confrontation over the baseball cap, the physical altercation, the threats Kendrick had made, and he gave police names.
Within days, investigators had identified Kendrick Antonio Simpson as the shooter. They also identified Jonathan Dalton and Latango Robertson as accompllices who had been in the car with him. All three men were arrested and charged with serious crimes, including two counts of first-degree murder. But here’s where this case takes a turn that still makes people question the fairness of the American criminal justice system.
Jonathan Dalton and Latango Robertson both made deals with prosecutors. They agreed to plead guilty to all charges in exchange for reduced sentences and in return they would testify against Kendrick, telling the court exactly what happened that night. Both men were sentenced to 20 years in prison and after serving just 6 years, both of them were released.
6 years for being in the car during a double homicide, for helping conceal evidence, for following that Caprice down the interstate, knowing exactly what Kendrick was about to do. They walked out of prison as free men. But Kendrick Kendrick wasn’t getting any deals. Prosecutors made it clear from the very beginning that they were going for the death penalty and they were going to make sure the jury knew exactly who Kendrick Antonio Simpson really was.
Kendrick’s trial began in 2007 in Oklahoma County District Court. The prosecution’s case was overwhelming. They had London Johnson’s eyewitness testimony. They had the forensic evidence from the scene. They had the investigation reports. And they had Jonathan and Latango, both of whom took the stand and testified in detail about what happened that night.
But this wasn’t just about proving Kendrick had taken the lives of Glenn Palmer and Anthony Jones. The prosecution had a bigger goal. They wanted the jury to understand that this wasn’t some isolated incident. That Kendrick Simpson was a dangerous, violent repeat offender who posed a threat to everyone around him.
The defense knew they were in trouble, so they tried a different approach. They argued that Kendrick suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, and that on the night of the incident, he had perceived a greater threat than actually existed because he was hypervigilant and paranoid. And to understand why, they took the jury all the way back to the beginning.
Back to New Orleans. Kendrick Antonio Simpson was born in 1980 in one of the most violent neighborhoods in New Orleans. He grew up surrounded by drugs, gang activity, and constant violence. According to defense testimony, Kendrick experienced significant trauma as a child. And when he turned 16 years old, something happened that would change the trajectory of his entire life.
A friend asked Kendrick to harm a government witness, someone who was going to testify in a case that could send people to prison. Kendrick refused. He said no. And because of that refusal, the friend attacked him. Kendrick was seriously injured. He spent two months in the hospital. Much of that time, he was in a coma fighting for his life.
Over the next 7 months, he underwent multiple surgeries to repair the damage. The trauma from that attack left him paranoid and hypervigilant. A psychologist diagnosed him with PTSD. The defense argued that this trauma explained his reaction at Fritzies. That when Glenn confronted him, Kendrick’s mind went back to that moment when he was attacked and nearly lost his life.
That he genuinely believed his life was in danger. That he wasn’t thinking clearly because of the PTSD, the alcohol, the marijuana, and other substances. But then the prosecution stood up and they told the jury something that made the PTSD defense almost completely irrelevant because this wasn’t the first time Kendrick had committed a violent crime after leaving New Orleans.
Before the incident at Fritz, before Glenn Palmer and Anthony Jones lost their lives, Kendrick and two other men had forced their way into the home of a man named Hungfam. They broke into his house and Kendrick threatened him with a weapon, then assaulted him while demanding money. But when Hung told them there was nothing left to take, Kendrick seriously harmed him and left him with life-threatening injuries.
Then the three men walked out of that house, leaving Hung unconscious, fully expecting him not to survive. But against all odds, Hung Fam survived. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and somehow he lived. Kendrick was arrested, convicted of robbery, and sentenced to 7 and 1/2 years in prison. But he didn’t serve the full sentence.
He was released early, just months before the night at Fritz. And now, during the sentencing phase of the murder trial, Hungfam took the stand. He looked directly at Kendrick and described what had happened that night. How Kendrick had threatened him and assaulted him and left him seriously injured. “He hurt me a lot,” Hung said.
“I remember forever.” But the prosecution wasn’t finished. They had one more witness who would paint an even darker picture of who Kendrick really was behind bars. His name was Roy Collins, a jailhouse informant. Roy testified that while Kendrick was sitting in jail awaiting trial, he had tried to hire him to do something absolutely unthinkable.
Kendrick wanted Roy to harm London Johnson, the sole survivor, the only witness who could testify about what happened that night on Pennsylvania Avenue. But that wasn’t all. Kendrick also wanted Roy to harm two other witnesses in the case. Roy told the jury that Kendrick would show no remorse when talking about the deaths of Glenn Palmer and Anthony Jones, that he thought he was some kind of gangster, comparing himself to famous rap artists, like he was living out some music fantasy.
And then Roy said something that made the entire courtroom go silent. He testified that Kendrick told him he couldn’t believe the victim’s families were grieving, that Glenn and Anthony were involved in street life, that this was the world they lived in. So, their families shouldn’t be surprised about what happened.
Think about that for a second. Two young men, 20 and 19 years old, lives taken over a baseball cap. And Kendrick’s response was that they deserved it because of the lifestyle he assumed they lived. The prosecution rested their case and now it was up to the jury to decide. The evidence was overwhelming. Kendrick was found guilty on all counts.
Two counts of firstdegree murder with malice, a forethought for the deaths of Glenn Palmer and Anthony Jones, additional charges related to harming London Johnson, and possession of a weapon after a prior felony conviction. But the real question was sentencing. Would Kendrick spend the rest of his life in prison, or would he be sentenced to death? During the penalty phase, the jury was asked to consider aggravating factors, things that would make this crime especially deserving of the ultimate punishment.
The prosecution presented four aggravating factors. First, Kendrick had a prior violent felony conviction, the attack on Hung Fam. He had already committed a serious violent crime before he ever walked into Fritz that night. Second, Kendrick had knowingly created a great risk of death to more than one person.
He fired multiple rounds on a residential street. He didn’t care who else might get hurt. Third, the manner in which the crimes were committed was especially serious. Glenn Palmer didn’t pass instantly. He was conscious for a period of time, aware of what had happened. in distress. And fourth, there was a probability that Kendrick would commit future acts of violence.
He had already tried to hire someone to harm witnesses while sitting in jail. The jury deliberated, and when they returned, their decision was unanimous. Death. The jury recommended the death penalty for both murders, and the judge agreed without hesitation. Kendrick Antonio Simpson was sentenced to death by lethal injection.
For the next 18 years, Kendrick Antonio Simpson sat in a cell on death row at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in Mallister. And during that time, something happened. Or at least that’s what his supporters claimed. Kendrick earned his GED. He took college courses. He became an award-winning poet, writing pieces that were recognized and praised by people outside the prison walls.
He maintained close relationships with his family, especially his sons, who said that despite being locked up, Kendrick had stayed present in their lives. He had been a father to them, even from behind bars. And somewhere along the way, Kendrick said he came to terms with what he had done. He started taking responsibility.
He stopped making excuses. He stopped blaming others. In interviews and letters, he said things like, “I’m responsible for their deaths. I don’t make any excuses. I don’t blame others. They didn’t deserve what happened to them. I’m ashamed of causing so much pain and hurt. The type of pain and hurt that lives forever.
” To some people, this sounded like genuine remorse, like a man who had spent nearly two decades reflecting on the worst thing he had ever done and finally understood the gravity of it. But to others, especially the families of Glenn Palmer and Anthony Jones, it sounded like an act, like a performance designed to save his life.
Because none of those words, none of that so-called transformation could bring back the two young men who lost their lives on Pennsylvania Avenue in 2006. And in 2026, after exhausting every legal appeal, Kendrick’s time finally ran out. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stit signed the death warrant. The execution was scheduled for February 12th, 2026.
But before that date arrived, Kendrick had one final chance to plead for his life. On January 14th, 2026, he appeared before the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board via video conference from death row. I’m ashamed of my actions. I’m ashamed of the destruction my actions cause. [music] I’m ashamed of being a murderer, but I live for four more weeks or 40 years forever be a part of my testimony.
I’m profoundly sorry and I ask for your mercy. This was it. his last opportunity to convince five people that he deserved mercy, that he deserved to live. Kendrick looked into the camera and spoke directly to the board. I’m ashamed of my actions. I’m ashamed of the destruction my actions caused. I’m ashamed of being a murderer.
And then he said something that directly contradicted what he had said 18 years earlier, right after the incident. I’m not the worst of the worst. I’m not a monster. Remember what he said immediately after the crime. Now, sitting in front of the parole board, facing his own execution, he was claiming he wasn’t a monster, whether the change was real or whether it was a desperate attempt to avoid death.
Only Kendrick knew for sure. But the victim’s families were also there. And they saw it very differently. victim’s family have waited two decades for. It’s been rocky. It’s been shifty for us as a family and friends and we are just excited that this is over with. I was like tormented again today. Uh even on his deathbed, he still smiled.
So there’s no remorse about this. So I feel good about this [music] situation. The same smile that had been toward me for 20 years, he still smiled. That same smile laying on his deathbed. Crystal Allison, Glenn Palmer’s sister, addressed the board, and her words were powerful. He was literally dangerous in that nightclub, looking for somebody’s life to take.
My brothers meant the world to me. They were the stars of the family. They were the center of our family. She wasn’t talking about some stranger. She was talking about her brother, the person she grew up with, the person she loved. and he was taken from her over a Chicago Cubs baseball cap. Then London Johnson spoke. The sole survivor, the man who had been in the backseat of that Caprice when the violence occurred.
The man who witnessed his two best friends lose their lives right in front of him. Part of me died in that car as well. Those were my best friends, my brothers. So many endless tears and sleepless nights of images of my friends suffering. 18 years had passed since that night. 18 years. And London was still haunted by what he witnessed.
The sound of the gunfire. The sight of Glenn in distress. The memory of Anthony unresponsive. Never waking up again. That trauma doesn’t go away. It doesn’t fade with time. It stays forever. Kendrick’s defense attorney made one final plea for mercy. He acknowledged that Kendrick was responsible for what happened, but he asked the board to consider the context, the trauma Kendrick had experienced as a child, the serious injury that left him with PTSD, the environment he grew up in.
Kendrick’s trauma does not absolve him from his responsibility. I think it does provide context for the actions and a reason for compassion, but the families weren’t buying it. To them, the trauma excuse didn’t matter because Kendrick had already been given a second chance once before. After seriously harming Hung Fam after assaulting him and leaving him in critical condition, Kendrick was convicted and sent to prison, and the system released him early.
They gave him another opportunity to turn his life around. And what did he do with that second chance? He walked into a nightclub, got into an argument over a hat, and took the lives of two teenagers. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board deliberated, and when they came back with their decision, the vote was close, 3-2. The majority voted to deny clemency.
Governor Kevin Stit reviewed the board’s recommendation and made his final decision. Clemency is denied. The execution would proceed as scheduled. There would be no lastminute reprieve. No stay of execution. No miracle. Kendrick Antonio Simpson was going to die. February 12th, 2026. Kendrick’s last day on Earth.
He woke up inside his cell at Oklahoma State Penitentiary, knowing exactly what was coming. Knowing that in a matter of hours, the state of Oklahoma would carry out his sentence. For his last meal, Kendrick made a simple request. A bacon cheeseburger, large onion rings, and a strawberry milkshake. Classic American fast food. The kind of meal millions of people eat every single day without thinking twice about it.
But for Kendrick, this was the last meal he would ever taste. Just before 10:00 in the morning, the execution process began. Witnesses were gathered. members of Glenn Palmer’s family and Anthony Jones’s family who had waited 18 years for this moment. Prison officials, media representatives, all there to watch the state carry out its sentence.
Kendrick’s spiritual adviser was present and offered him comfort in his final moments. And then the warden asked if he had any final words, any last statement he wanted to make. Kendrick looked toward the witness room where his supporters were sitting and he said, “Love you all. Thanks for being here to support me.” That was it.
No apology to the families of Glenn Palmer and Anthony Jones. No acknowledgement of the pain and suffering he had caused. No mention of the two young men whose lives he had taken. Just a message to his own supporters, thanking them for being there. Crystal Allison, Glenn’s sister, was in that witness room.
And even in those final moments, she noticed what she described as his unchanged demeanor. The same lack of remorse she had seen throughout the trial. The execution was carried out according to Oklahoma State Protocol. At exactly 10:19 in the morning on February 12th, 2026, Kendrick Antonio Simpson was pronounced dead.
That’s what happened on the night of January 16th, 2006 in Oklahoma City. A man walked into a hip hop club wearing a Chicago Cubs baseball cap. Someone made a comment about it and by sunrise the next morning, two young men had lost their lives on Pennsylvania Avenue. Glenn Palmer was 20 years old. Anthony Jones was 19.
They had families who loved them. They had friends who considered them brothers. They had futures that were taken from them. For 18 years, their families fought for justice. They attended hearings. They wrote letters. They made sure that Kendrick Antonio Simpson’s name stayed on that execution list. Crystal Allison, Glenn’s sister, told the world that her brothers were the stars of the family, the center of everything.
And London Johnson, the sole survivor, carried the trauma of witnessing what happened to his best friends for nearly two decades. On February 12th, 2026, those families finally got what they had been waiting for. They watched as the state of Oklahoma carried out the sentence. But here’s what makes this true crime case so complicated, so difficult to process.
Jonathan Dalton and Latango Robertson, the two men who were in that car with Kendrick that night, are free. They were sentenced to 20 years in prison, but they only served six. six years for being accompllices in a double homicide, for helping conceal evidence, for following that Caprice down the interstate, knowing exactly what was about to happen.
They walked out of prison and went back to their lives. But Kendrick Kendrick received the ultimate punishment. And that raises the question that sits at the heart of this entire documentary. Was justice truly served? Did the right person receive the harshest sentence? Or is there something fundamentally wrong with a system where the accompllices serve six years while the primary offender receives death? Some people believe Kendrick got exactly what he deserved.
He had already committed a serious violent crime before he ever walked into Fritz that night. He had been given a second chance when he was released early from prison for that crime. And what did he do with that second chance? He took the lives of two teenagers over a baseball cap. He showed no remorse afterward. He tried to arrange for harm to come to witnesses while sitting in jail.
And even at the end, he didn’t apologize to the families of the people he harmed. To those who support capital punishment, Kendrick Antonio Simpson was exactly the kind of person the law was designed for. A violent repeat offender who posed a danger to everyone around him. someone who had proven beyond any doubt that he could not live safely in society.
But others believe the system got it wrong. They point to the 18 years Kendrick spent on death row, the GED he earned, the college courses he took, the poetry he wrote, the relationships he maintained with his sons. They argue that he genuinely changed. that the man who died in 2026 was not the same person who committed that crime in 2006.
They also point to the disparity in sentencing. How can it be fair that the accompllices walked free after 6 years while Kendrick received the death penalty? And what about the PTSD, the childhood trauma, the fact that he was seriously injured when he was 16 and left with permanent psychological damage? Does any of that matter? or does the severity of what he did to Glenn Palmer and Anthony Jones outweigh everything else? There’s also the question of what his final words revealed. He thanked his supporters.
He told them he loved them, but he said nothing to the families of his victims. Nothing to Crystal Allison who lost her brother. Nothing to London Johnson who witnessed his best friends lose their lives. Does that silence prove he never truly changed? Or was he simply too broken, too ashamed to find the words? On February 12th, 2026, the state of Oklahoma made its decision.
Kendrick Antonio Simpson’s sentence was carried out. And now the question is left to you. After hearing this entire true crime story, after learning every detail of what happened that night, after understanding the trauma, the violence, the appeals, the claimed transformation and the families who suffered, do you believe justice was served? Or do you believe the system failed? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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A man who committed terrible crimes. A man who claimed to be changed, then spent 18 years trying to prove it. Thank you for watching.
