Tag: clemency
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Oklahoma, Alabama Executions Raise Concerns About Clemency Process and Execution Methods
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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Governor Grants Clemency to Julius Jones
By Equal Justice Initiative – 11-18-21 Hours before the State of Oklahoma was scheduled to execute Julius Jones today, Gov. Kevin Stitt granted clemency to Mr. Jones and commuted his death sentence to life in prison without parole. The Oklahoma […]
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Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommends clemency for Bigler Stouffer
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH, Nov. 17, 2021) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted to recommend clemency for the 79-year-old death row inmate Bigler Stouffer on Wednesday. The board recommended Stouffer’s sentence be commuted to life in prison without the […]
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