By outlawing indefinite solitary confinement for death row inmates, Oklahoma joins states like Hawaii, Connecticut, and New York, which have ended this practice in recent years. Some prisoners remain ...

Oklahoma officials have locked in May 14, 2026, as the new execution date for Raymond Eugene Johnson, the Tulsa man convicted in 2009 of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter in 2007.

Julius Jones and three other Oklahoma death row inmates have told a federal appeals court that an execution last week was a debacle that proves corrections officials have not learned a thing in six ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The case against former Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip is moving forward once again. Glossip was ...

Former death row inmate Richard Glossip is asking a judge to release him on bond while he awaits his third murder trial in the 1997 death of his boss. The 63-year-old is currently being held in the ...

Kendrick Simpson, who killed two people during a 2006 drive-by shooting in Oklahoma City, was executed Thursday morning at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Death row inmates in two states are taking legal action to stop states from using the kind of multi-drug protocol that resulted in botched executions in Oklahoma and Ohio. The inmates are not ...

MCALESTER, Okla. — A 50-year-old Oklahoma death row inmate was executed a day after Gov. Kevin Stitt rejected a clemency recommendation. The Associated Press reported that James Coddington was ...

Oklahoma has executed death row inmate Kendrick Simpson for the 2006 drive-by shooting deaths of Glen Palmer and Anthony Jones after the state’s pardon and parole board denied clemency.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Death row inmate William Lewis Reece has been returned to Oklahoma to face execution for the 1997 murder of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston. In July 1997, Johnston’s body was found in a ...

A former Oklahoma death row inmate is returning to court as his decades-long legal case continues under a newly assigned judge. Richard Glossip is scheduled to appear in Oklahoma County court Monday ...