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.

A former Oklahoma Death Row inmate's appeal to be resentenced has been struck down, with a Canadian County judge deciding ...

Volunteers, as they are called in death penalty circles, have been around since the death penalty was reinstated 50 years ago ...

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

A Canadian County judge upholds the sentence for a former Death Row inmate, according to court records. Richard Smith was granted clemency in 2010 after spending two decades on death row for ...

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Clemency was denied for Oklahoma death row inmate John Fitzgerald Hanson, also known as George John Hanson, who was convicted of the 1999 murder of 77-year-old Mary Bowles.