the Pima County Jail under maximum security. Mike Turpen, a Muskogee County District Attorney, then began extradition proceedings to bring Coleman back to Oklahoma to face trial for the murder of the Seward's. Coleman was to be tried in Muskogee County for the murder of John Seward, however, in July 1979, a Muskogee County judge granted a change of venue due to the level of publicity surrounding the case. As such, Coleman was tried in Tahlequah instead. Coleman's trial began on September 26, 1979, with a six-man, six-woman jury selected. The prosecution rested their case on September 29. On October 1, the jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of John Seward. The following day, they recommended a death sentence. On October 12, Coleman was formally sentenced to death by District Judge Hardy Summers. Turpen, who prosecuted Coleman, held evidence against him in the murder of Roxie Seward in reserve in case another trial was ever needed. Turpen chose not to try Coleman for the murder of Roxie Seward because he felt there was no point, as Coleman had already been sentenced to death for John Seward's murder, and another trial would cost time and money. Coleman was also tried for the murder of Russell Lewis. He was found guilty, convicted, and sentenced to death again. However, in 1983, the sentence was overturned, following the discovery that a potential juror had been excluded from the trial after expressing doubts about the death penalty. The charge was not refiled. Execution In 1987, Coleman was nearly executed, but won a stay of execution from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He was rescheduled for execution for September 10, 1990. In the month prior to his scheduled execution, his attorney asked the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board to recommend his sentence be commuted to life in prison. However, the board chairman denied Coleman a clemency hearing. A federal appeals court also denied him a stay of execution. On September 10, 1990, Coleman was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary via lethal injection. He was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m. Coleman was the first person to be executed in Oklahoma by lethal injection. The lethal injection process consisted of three drugs; the first to be injected was sodium thiopental, followed by pancuronium bromide, and then potassium chloride. Coleman declined a last meal. His last words were, "Just