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When Oklahoma Watch first chronicled the fraught medical parole odyssey of James Havens in March, Havens’ daughters, Jeni ...
ReMerge launches Teen Board to offer Oklahoma teens leadership, service and advocacy opportunities for justice-involved mothers.
Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione announced Tuesday that the upcoming academic year will be his last in charge of ...
A deputy warden at Nebraska’s youth prison will soon chair the state’s Board of Parole, Gov. Jim Pillen’s office announced ...
Oklahoma executed John Fitzgerald Hanson by lethal injection for carjacking, kidnapping, and murdering Mary Bowles. Hanson was also found guilty of killing of witness Jerald Thurman. His execution ...
Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, and for prosecuting people protesting the murder of George Floyd in 2020, among other controversies. As Oklahoma County's top prosecutor, Prater ...
John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, was pronounced dead at 10:11 a.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
An Oklahoma appeals court has ordered a stay of execution for a man on death row to be lifted, clearing the way for him to receive a lethal injection. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals issued ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — High-profile inmate Julius Jones was given another chance to get off death row Monday after maintaining his innocence to the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. Jones, 41, is ...
The board was scheduled to consider 251 parole cases in meetings that had been scheduled for Dec. 2-4 in Oklahoma City. Those cases will now have to be considered along with 260 others when ...
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board is facing a backlog and could be forced to review as many as 550 parole cases in January after this month’s meeting was canceled when two members resigned. The ...
In the federal lawsuit, the defendant argues Oklahoma’s parole process for juvenile homicide offenders is unconstitutional and must be overhauled.