CityNewsOKC Staff Report, Sep 30, 2026 Oklahoma City — On Wednesday, October 21, the Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN) Justice Reimagined Awards & Celebration will honor the Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma City; President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The […]
CityNewsOKC. Aug. 13, 2026 OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. – On Thursday, August 13, Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez was executed by lethal injection by the state of Oklahoma. Mr. Rodriguez, 70 years old, was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of his girlfriend, […]
The Intercept / By Liliana Segura and Jordan Snith May 30, 2026 In an exclusive interview at home in Oklahoma City, Glossip describes his first days of freedom in a world he hasn’t experienced for nearly 30 years. For three […]
Death Penalty Info Center – By Hayley Bedard, May 15, 2026 On May 14, 2026, an Oklahoma judge granted bail for former death-sentenced prisoner Richard Glossip nearly three decades after his arrest and initial conviction. He was released hours later. […]
The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) will host its 34th Annual Awards Dinner and Meeting on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at the University of Central Oklahoma’s George Nigh University Center in Edmond. Doors open to the public […]
OK-CADP advances alternatives via public education, legislative advocacy, & research towards our mission to abolish the death penalty in Oklahoma.
OK-CADP 2026-2027 Executive Board:Chair – Dr. Elizabeth OvermanVice Chair – Leslie FitzhughSecretary – Donita DouglasTreasurer: Tena JeffersonChair Appointed Ex. Board Member – Randy Bauman2026 – 2027 At-Large Board Members:Margaret CoxLeslie FitzhughKelley GarrettNykkia HarrisDr. Elizabeth OvermanLeslie ReedEarnest Ware Oklahoma Coalition […]
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Death Penalty Info Center – Posted March 11, 2025 Adam Luck, the former Chairman of Oklahoma’s Board of Pardons and Parole and former member of the Oklahoma Board of Corrections, is now speaking out against the death penalty in Oklahoma. […]
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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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Death Penalty Information Center By Leah Roemer, March 24, 2025 In a three-day span from March 18 to March 20, four men were executed in four different states. Two of the men put to death, in Louisiana and Arizona, were the […]
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By Death Penalty Information Center – Sept. 27, 2024 “From start to finish, it is so badly broken that we cannot know whether someone who has been condemned to death is actually deserving of the ultimate penalty,” wrote former U.S. […]
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Death Penalty Information Center– Sept. 26, 2024 Executions in Oklahoma and Alabama, scheduled just hours apart on September 26, highlight issues of proportional sentencing and experimental methods of execution. Emmanuel Littlejohn, who was executed at 10:17am CT, had received a recommendation […]
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