Oklahoma carried out two significant criminal justice actions Thursday, executing one death row inmate while allowing another to be released on bond after nearly three decades behind bars.

Raymond Johnson, 52, was pronounced dead at 10:12 a.m. Thursday following a three-drug injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Johnson was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, 24-year-old Brooke Whitaker, and her 7-month-old daughter, Kya, in June 2007. Prosecutors said Johnson beat Whitaker with a metal claw hammer, fracturing her skull and causing more than 20 lacerations. Despite her injuries, Whitaker remained conscious and begged Johnson to spare her and her daughter. Johnson then retrieved gasoline, doused Whitaker and the house, and set it on fire before leaving. Whitaker died from head injuries and smoke inhalation while her daughter died from severe burns.

In April, Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board unanimously denied Johnson clemency. During the hearing, Johnson apologized to the victims' family, but Whitaker's family members requested the execution proceed. Johnson was the second person executed in Oklahoma this year and the 11th nationwide.

Separately, Oklahoma Judge Natalie Mai granted $500,000 bond to Richard Glossip, 63, allowing him to leave prison for the first time since his 1997 arrest. Glossip had been sentenced to death for the killing of motel owner Barry Van Treese in what prosecutors alleged was a murder-for-hire scheme. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction last year, ruling that prosecutors violated his constitutional rights by allowing a key witness to give testimony they knew to be false.

Glossip came within hours of execution three times and was once held in a cell next to Oklahoma's execution chamber before a drug mix-up led to a postponement. His case has attracted support from celebrities including Kim Kardashian and was featured in a 2017 documentary. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced the state would seek to retry Glossip but would not pursue the death penalty again.

Under his bond conditions, Glossip must wear electronic monitoring, remain in Oklahoma, and avoid contact with witnesses or consumption of drugs or alcohol while awaiting retrial.