Oklahoma won’t seek the death penalty again for Richard Glossip
One of Oklahoma’s most famous men on death row will get a third trial after surviving nine previous execution dates.
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Richard Glossip is running out of options to escape the death penalty, but he’s been down this road before
Oklahoma has scheduled Glossip for death nine times since 2015. With just weeks remaining before his scheduled execution, he’s relying on an unlikely ally to save his life – Attorney General Gentner Drummond.
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Lawmaker proposes ‘Conviction Integrity Unit’ to review death penalty cases
The unit would fall under the state’s Pardon and Parole Board, and the bill comes less than a year after Attorney General Mike Hunter ruled the board could review commutation requests filed by inmates on Oklahoma’s Death Row.
With executions set to resume, attention returns to death penalty case of Julius Jones
Jones’ supporters are trying to save him from death row, attempts the Oklahoma Attorney General believes are sincere but misguided.
The return of the death penalty in Oklahoma
After more than a five-year hiatus following a series of high-profile mistakes, Oklahoma is set to return to lethal injection when executions resume, possibly as soon as late 2020.
Death penalty training protocol at heart of current execution delay
Oklahoma must turn over its execution training protocol by June 5, a federal judge ruled this week.
AG: Oklahoma prepared to ‘aggressively’ defend death penalty in upcoming federal court challenge
AG Mike Hunter told about two dozen district attorneys on Thursday he is prepared to fight federal court challenges to the death penalty.
