Oklahoma executes double killer despite clemency recommendation
1 year ago

Oklahoma executes double killer despite clemency recommendation

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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Phillip Dean Hancock, 59, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the killings of Robert Jett Jr and James Lynch on Thursday. “I can’t imagine the anxiety that Phillip Hancock must have felt as Governor Stitt again waited until beyond the last minute to reject clemency,” the statement read. Hancock long claimed that he shot and killed Jett, 37, and Lynch, 58, after the two men attacked him inside Jett’s home in south Oklahoma City. They forced me to fight for my life.” Two Oklahoma Republican state lawmakers who strongly support the death penalty, Representatives Justin Humphrey and Kevin McDugle, also testified to the board on Hancock’s behalf.

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A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It's rarely granted
2 months, 2 weeks ago

A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It's rarely granted

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A parole board recommended clemency for Emmanuel Littlejohn. Oklahoma executed him anyway
2 months, 3 weeks ago

A parole board recommended clemency for Emmanuel Littlejohn. Oklahoma executed him anyway

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Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared

Associated Press  

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 fatal shooting of a convenience store owner after the governor again rejected a recommendation from the state’s parole board to spare a death row inmate’s life. Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was declared dead at 10:17 a.m. “A …

Alabama set to perform first ever nitrogen execution that could be dangerous for everyone in the room
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Alabama set to perform first ever nitrogen execution that could be dangerous for everyone in the room

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Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket now Justice Department's first death penalty case under Garland
11 months, 1 week ago

Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket now Justice Department's first death penalty case under Garland

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Oklahoma board recommends the governor spare the life of a death row inmate who argued self-defense
1 year, 1 month ago

Oklahoma board recommends the governor spare the life of a death row inmate who argued self-defense

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board narrowly voted Wednesday to recommend sparing the life of a man set to be executed later this month for what he claims were the self-defense killings of two men in Oklahoma City in 2001. The board voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for Phillip Dean Hancock, who has long maintained he shot …

Editorial: Bureaucracy of death may snag condemned Oklahoma man, guilty or not
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: Bureaucracy of death may snag condemned Oklahoma man, guilty or not

LA Times  

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 2 to 2 to grant clemency to Richard Glossip on April 26. Several prominent Oklahoma Republican lawmakers have likewise argued for Glossip, horrified that their state is close to putting to death a man who may be innocent. Opinion Editorial: Death penalty’s retreat is excruciatingly slow Florida jurors and Oregon’s governor were unlikely …

GOP Oklahoma lawmakers join call for death penalty pause
1 year, 10 months ago

GOP Oklahoma lawmakers join call for death penalty pause

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Three Oklahoma Republican lawmakers joined a former corrections official on Wednesday to call for a moratorium on the death penalty amid growing concerns about the state’s brisk pace of lethal injections. Rep. Kevin McDugle said he supports the death penalty but believes Oklahoma’s next death row inmate scheduled to die, Richard Glossip, is actually innocent. Opposition to …

Oklahoma panel votes to reject clemency for death row inmate
2 years ago

Oklahoma panel votes to reject clemency for death row inmate

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A man convicted in the shotgun slayings of an elderly couple in eastern Oklahoma in 2003 and sentenced to die should not be spared from the death sentence, a state board decided Wednesday. The five-member Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to reject clemency for Scott Eizember, 61, who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on …

Missouri ignores daughter’s pleas and executes man over 2005 murder of police officer
2 years ago

Missouri ignores daughter’s pleas and executes man over 2005 murder of police officer

The Independent  

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Oklahoma court denies new hearing for death row inmate
2 years, 1 month ago

Oklahoma court denies new hearing for death row inmate

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma appeals court on Thursday denied death row inmate Richard Glossip’s request for a new evidentiary hearing that his attorneys suggest would prove his innocence in the 1997 beating death of Glossip’s boss at an Oklahoma City motel. The court also cast doubt on Glossip’s theory that his co-defendant, Justin Sneed, acted alone or with his …

Oklahoma executes James Coddington despite board’s recommendation for clemency
2 years, 3 months ago

Oklahoma executes James Coddington despite board’s recommendation for clemency

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Oklahoma governor rejects clemency for death row inmate
2 years, 3 months ago

Oklahoma governor rejects clemency for death row inmate

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. “After thoroughly reviewing arguments and evidence presented by all sides of the case, Governor Kevin Stitt has denied the Pardon and Parole Board’s clemency recommendation for James Allen Coddington,” Stitt’s office said in a statement. “If this ends today with my death sentence, OK.” Mitch Hale, Albert Hale’s son who had urged the parole board …

Missouri execution to go ahead after governor declines to give 11th hour reprieve
2 years, 7 months ago

Missouri execution to go ahead after governor declines to give 11th hour reprieve

The Independent  

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Prosecutor refuses to impose ‘unethical’ death penalty days after requesting killer’s execution date
2 years, 8 months ago

Prosecutor refuses to impose ‘unethical’ death penalty days after requesting killer’s execution date

The Independent  

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Tennessee death row inmate seeks to halt execution next week over DNA evidence
2 years, 8 months ago

Tennessee death row inmate seeks to halt execution next week over DNA evidence

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Texas law firm agrees to review Oklahoma death penalty case
2 years, 10 months ago

Texas law firm agrees to review Oklahoma death penalty case

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A partner with a Texas law firm said Tuesday at least 20 attorneys are prepared to review the case of an Oklahoma death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence in the 1997 killing of a motel owner in Oklahoma City. Stan Perry, an attorney with Houston-based ReedSmith, said his firm already has begun reviewing the …

Oklahoma governor denies clemency for death row inmate
3 years ago

Oklahoma governor denies clemency for death row inmate

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. The Republican governor’s decision clears the way for Bigler Stouffer II, 79, to receive a lethal injection at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He said at his parole board hearing last month that Ivens was shot as the two men fought over a gun at Ivens’ home, and that Reaves …

Julius Jones lawyers file emergency motion seeking injunction to stop ‘torturous’ lethal injection
3 years, 1 month ago

Julius Jones lawyers file emergency motion seeking injunction to stop ‘torturous’ lethal injection

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Oklahoma board cites execution flaws, recommends clemency
3 years, 1 month ago

Oklahoma board cites execution flaws, recommends clemency

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted Wednesday to recommend clemency for a death row inmate after questioning the state’s execution methods. We’ve had individuals on the table suffering for 20 and 30 minutes,” said board member Larry Morris, who voted for the clemency recommendation. Stouffer was convicted in 2003 and sentenced to die for the shooting …

Timeline of events involving capital punishment in Oklahoma
3 years, 1 month ago

Timeline of events involving capital punishment in Oklahoma

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma conducted 112 executions from 1976 to October 2015, when the state imposed a moratorium following three consecutive flawed executions or attempted executions. The U.S. Supreme Court says later it will consider whether Oklahoma can use midazolam during executions, but it doesn’t disrupt Warner’s rescheduled execution. — June 29, 2015: A divided U.S. Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma’s …

Federal court delays Oklahoma executions until 2022, just weeks before Julius Jones was set to die
3 years, 1 month ago

Federal court delays Oklahoma executions until 2022, just weeks before Julius Jones was set to die

The Independent  

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Federal appeals court temporarily halts Oklahoma executions
3 years, 1 month ago

Federal appeals court temporarily halts Oklahoma executions

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal appeals court granted stays of execution on Wednesday for two Oklahoma inmates who were scheduled to receive lethal injections in the coming weeks. The panel wrote, “We find nothing in the relevant case law that specifically requires a prisoner to designate a method of execution to be used in his case by ‘checking a box’ …

Hearing delayed for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones
3 years, 1 month ago

Hearing delayed for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A clemency hearing for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones scheduled for Tuesday has been delayed for a week while his legal challenge is pending in federal court. The five-member Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board is now set to hear Jones’ request for clemency next Tuesday while an appeal by death row inmates is pending in federal …

Judge says Oklahoma can proceed with 5 lethal injections
3 years, 1 month ago

Judge says Oklahoma can proceed with 5 lethal injections

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Monday the state can move forward with scheduled lethal injections for five death row inmates, including Julius Jones, whose case has drawn international attention and who is scheduled to die on Nov. 28. Judge Stephen Friot denied a motion for a preliminary injunction sought by the five inmates, paving the way …

The dark world of America’s death penalty: ‘Ask Me Anything’ hosted live by US reporter Josh Marcus
3 years, 2 months ago

The dark world of America’s death penalty: ‘Ask Me Anything’ hosted live by US reporter Josh Marcus

The Independent  

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I have watched six people die. It’s time for America to end the death penalty
3 years, 2 months ago

I have watched six people die. It’s time for America to end the death penalty

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Oklahoma parole board rejects clemency for death row inmate
3 years, 2 months ago

Oklahoma parole board rejects clemency for death row inmate

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board narrowly rejected clemency Tuesday for a death row inmate convicted of killing a prison cafeteria worker in 1998, paving the way for the state’s first execution in more than six years. “We are asking the board today to come with open minds and open hearts to hear the whole story that should …

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