McALESTER, Okla. -- A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the ...

Oklahoma Democratic Sen. Nikki Nice and the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty are pleading for mercy in the ...

Oklahoma (KOCO) — On Thursday, the state of Oklahoma executed a man convicted of carjacking and murdering a woman and then murdering a bystander. Near the state Capitol, protestors pushed for the ...

McALESTER, OK − Gov. Kevin Stitt granted clemency to convicted murderer Tremane Wood minutes before his execution was set to begin at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on Thursday, Nov. 13. The ...

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Oklahoma leads the nation in executing death row inmates. Now, multiple Oklahoma-based organizations are joining the effort ...

Editor's note: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt granted clemency to convicted murderer Tremane Wood minutes before his execution was set to begin at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on Thursday, Nov. 13. Read ...

Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit along with The Guardian and The Oklahoma Observer against Oklahoma prison officials. The lawsuit seeks to take the literal ...

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, received a three-drug lethal injection at the ...

The White House took the unusual step on Wednesday of publicly criticizing Tuesday evening's botched double execution in Oklahoma. The Obama administration said that the proceedings used to kill ...