OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) will host its 2023 Annual Awards Dinner & Meeting on Saturday, June 24. The fundraising event will be held at New Covenant Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 12000 […]
The City Sentinel, May 5, 2023 Oklahoma City – Friday afternoon, May 5, the U.S. Supreme Court issues a brief ruling blocking the execution of death row inmate Richard Glossip. Glossip’s execution date will be delayed while his court challenges […]
April 6, 2023 – Death Penalty Information Center On April 6, 2023, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to vacate Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence and to remand the case to the District […]
Death Penalty Info Center Jan. 26, 2023 The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted a motion filed by newly-elected Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond to slow down the state’s frenzied plan to execute seven men in seven months between February […]
By Khaleda Rahman – Newsweek 12/26/22 This year was the eighth consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center. However, 2022 saw a record number of “botched” and failed executions, the […]
OK-CADP advances alternatives via public education, legislative advocacy, & research towards our mission to abolish the death penalty in Oklahoma.
OK-CADP 2022-2023 Executive Board:Chair – Rev. Don HeathVice Chair – Dr. Elizabeth OvermanSecretary – Sue HoschTreasurer: Nykkia HarrisChair Appointed Ex. Board Member – Leslie Fitzhugh2022 – 2023 At-Large Board Members:Margaret CoxLeslie FitzhughKelley GarrettNykkia HarrisConnie JohnsonDr. Elizabeth OvermanEarnest Ware Oklahoma […]
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Death Penalty Info Center – Posted Jan 12, 2023 Oklahoma has carried out the first of eleven executions scheduled for 2023, administering a lethal injection to death-row prisoner Scott Eizember on January 12. The execution was a continuation of a […]
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Julius Jones sat on Oklahoma’s death row for over 20 years despite maintaining his innocence and compelling evidence that he was wrongfully convicted. Mr. Jones’ co-defendant fit an eyewitness’s description of the shooter, while Mr. Jones did not. His co-defendant […]
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By Dillon Richards, KOCO News – Dec. 1, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied clemency for another death row inmate Gilbert Postelle. Postelle was convicted of four murders that happened on Memorial Day in 2005. […]
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By Shelby Banks, FOX23 News – Nov. 30, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has voted to deny clemency to Donald Grant in a 4-1 vote. Grant has been sitting on Oklahoma’s death row for 20 […]
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by: Kaylee Douglas/KFOR – Dec. 3, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt today denied the Pardon and Parole Board’s clemency recommendation for death row inmate, Bigler Stouffer. Bigler “Bud” Jobe Stouffer II, 79, was convicted of shooting Doug […]
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