John Fitzgerald Hanson is set to be executed by lethal injection June 12 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma board denied clemency on Wednesday for a man convicted of killing a Tulsa woman in 1999, ...

John Hanson, convicted of a 1999 Tulsa murder, faces execution following the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board's clemency ...

The Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Parole denied clemency in the case of John Hanson May 7, leaving him to face execution in ...

The Prison Journalism Project found a willing partner in Kay Thompson, DOC's communications chief. The former reporter gave ...

The bill would do away with fees that generate little money for state agencies, but can add up for people in the criminal ...

SB 631 would add shooting into a building to the list of crimes for which 85% of a sentence must be served. It also would add ...

A federal death row inmate was denied clemency for a crime he committed more than 20 years ago in oklahoma.Federal death row ...

A man convicted of killing a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper in 1978 has been granted parole after having past requests ...

Heath Lloyd Taylor, 46, was convicted of drug conspiracy and sentenced to life for leading a meth and fentanyl distribution ...

Oklahoma families with loved ones confined switched to state-issued tablets, made available to prisoners statewide in 2021 after the banning of physical mail from entering state prisons in ...

A new bill meant to strengthen protections for youth in state custody now heads to Gov. Kevin Stitt for consideration.