Capital Punishment

A three-sentence announcement from the governor's office said Stitt reached the decision "after reviewing materials presented by all sides of the case." No other statement was included.

Oklahoma has agreed to stay the Jan. 6 execution of Wade Lay because a competency hearing can't be held until after that date.

The parole board recommended clemency for Stouffer two weeks ago not because they doubted his guilt but because they had concerns about Oklahoma’s lethal injection procedure — concerns most board members now say they no longer have.

Another death row inmate has failed at gaining a clemency recommendation from the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board Tuesday voted to deny clemency to death row inmate Donald Grant.

Another clemency hearing will take place in front of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board Tuesday.

Oklahoma death row inmate Bigler Stouffer was denied a postponement for his execution in federal court today.

What was once one of the nation’s busiest death chambers has not resumed administering capital punishment as easily as some had hoped after Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt stopped Julius Jones from being executed hours before he was scheduled to die.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board twice recommended Jones' sentence be commuted to life with the possibility of parole.

There's no way around it. When a person is put to death, they are being killed.