The latest request for a death sentence came May 21. Prosecutors asked for that punishment for a drifter who is suspected of ...

A new Oklahoma law would send child rapists to death row for their first offense, but not without a reversal from the U.S. Supreme Court.

John Hanson's attorneys have filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, citing alleged bias and conflict ...

Attorneys for Oklahoma death row inmate John Fitzgerald Hanson filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood, a noted anti-death penalty activist and death row spiritual adviser, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

After his best friend and four other fellow death row inmates were put to death in less than a year, a South Carolina inmate ...

Death row inmate John Hanson, who was denied clemency earlier in May, filed a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole ...

James Robertson, 51, has been on death row since 1999 after killing both his parents in their Rock Hill home. Now he says he's ready to die.

Brad Sigmon become the first person in almost 15 years to be executed by a previously banned method earlier this year ...

Overturn called for May 7, 2025 clemency hearing of John Hanson due to alleged bias, with attorneys seeking stay on pending June 12 execution.

A Tulsa County jury sentenced Hanson to death. Hanson is set to be executed on June 12, 2025. If carried out, it would mark Oklahoma’s second execution of 2025.