2024 was not a good year for death row inmates seeking mercy
Ironically, as this country gets closer to abolishing death as a punishment, that progress does not bode well for the inmates ...
Death row inmate may get retrial due to claim of 'sex-shaming' prosecutors
Oklahoma's only female death row inmate, Brenda Andrew, 61, could get another chance in court due to "sex-shaming" during her ...
Oklahoma tries again to get death-row inmate transferred from federal prison for execution
Just months before his scheduled execution in 2022, the state's request to transfer John Hanson was denied. He murdered a retired Tulsa banker and an Owasso trucking company owner in 1999.
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Oklahoma lawmakers will weigh death penalty moratorium, jail reforms
Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to debate a variety of criminal justice bills, including one that would pause the death ...
Oklahoma Attorney General requests prisoner transfer from Louisiana for execution
Attorney General Gentner Drummond requested Friday that a prisoner on Oklahoma’s death row be transferred from federal prison ...
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Woman whom prosecutors called ‘slut puppy’ can challenge death sentence
Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, has appealed her conviction for years, claiming the evidence presented against her violated her due process rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for ...
AG Drummond asks for inmate in Louisiana federal prison be transferred to Oklahoma for execution
George John Hanson was sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a 77-year-old woman who was carjacked and kidnapped from a ...
AG asks feds for custody of death row inmate
The Oklahoma Attorney General is asking the federal government to transfer a death row inmate back into the state's custody for execution in line with a Presidential Executive Order regarding ...