Oklahoma carries out final execution of 2023
Phillip Dean Hancock, 59, was put to death for the 2001 murders of two men in Oklahoma City. He is the 11th person executed since the state resumed use of the death penalty in 2021.
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Governor Stitt weighs self-defense claims of man on death row
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board has recommended clemency in four death penalty cases in three years. The governor has only granted mercy once.
Another officer is stabbed as Oklahoma prisons struggle with staffing
One prison lost more staff after a state takeover from a private prison company due to low pay and problems with workers passing background checks.
One Oklahoma lawmaker says Richard Glossip’s claim of innocence should be enough to halt executions
Glossip has spent 26 years on death row, has had two trials, nine execution dates and three last meals. An interim study at the Oklahoma Capitol will examine whether the state has done enough to ensure innocent people aren’t executed.
