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A Comanche County judge has granted Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s motion to have death row inmate Ricky Ray Malone reevaluated for his eligibility to receive the death penalty.
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Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to debate a variety of criminal justice bills, including one that would pause the death penalty.
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Oklahoma executed the fourth death row inmate of the year on Thursday morning.
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The clemency application for a death row inmate set to be executed next month includes new evidence that supports his claim he acted in self-defense.
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“Texas seems poised to execute a man who committed no crime except that he was a man with autism who was unable to explain the very complicated medical condition of his two-year-old child,” Attorney Gretchen Sweden told TPR.
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An Oklahoma death row inmate rejected the opportunity to have a clemency hearing.
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Acknowledging substantive questions about Lucio’s guilt and the fairness of her conviction, the appeals court blocked her Wednesday execution so the case can be further investigated.
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Earlier this year, Wesley Ira Purkey and Keith Dwayne Nelson were put to death by the federal government.
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"Nearly three decades after [Dustin Lee] Honken coldly ended the lives of five people, including two young girls ... he has finally faced justice," a spokeswoman said in a statement.
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Wesley Purkey was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, the second federal execution this week after a 17-year hiatus. The high court's 5-4 decision allowed the execution to proceed.