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Oklahoma Attorney General Will Not Seek Death Penalty Against Richard Glossip in Retrial
Death Penalty Information CenterBy Hayley Bedard, Jun 10, 2025 On June 9, 2025, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced that his office will retry death row prisoner Richard Glossip but will not seek the death penalty. AG Drummond’s decision to […]
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Four Executions in Three Days Spotlight Constitutional Concerns About Death Penalty
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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City in Oklahoma Agrees to Pay $7.15 Million to Glynn Simmons, Exonerated After 48 Years in Prison
Death Penalty Information CenterPosted on Aug 21, 2024 On August 14, the Associated Press reported that the city of Edmond, Oklahoma agreed to pay $7.15 million to Glynn Simmons, the longest-incarcerated innocent person in the United States. Mr. Simmons spent 48 […]
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