Simpson's case will be considered a final time by the state's Pardon and Parole Board this month. The board has the power to recommend that Simpson be spared, and instead spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board can’t sidestep the Department of Corrections in determining medical parole eligibility, the attorney general’s office decided last month.

Oklahoma leads the nation in executing death row inmates. Now, multiple Oklahoma-based organizations are joining the effort to end that practice.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has spent millions on body cameras with the stated goal of increasing transparency, but is refusing to release recordings to the public.

A man shot by an Oklahoma City police officer in September has died.

Oklahoma County Commissioners have tapped CREOKS Health Services, a Tulsa-based mental health nonprofit, to oversee completion of the county's new Behavioral Care Center.

A nationwide coalition of organizations advocating for the end of capital punishment announced its launch on Wednesday. Several Oklahoma-based organizations are joining the campaign.

Another Oklahoman is filing for resentencing under the Oklahoma Survivors' Act, a law designed to account for the role domestic abuse may play in criminal cases.

Tremane Wood was found unresponsive in his cell hours after he was scheduled to be executed. State officials say he had a "medical event" as a result of stress and dehydration.

Gov. Kevin Stitt granted clemency for Tremane Wood, who has been on Oklahoma's death row for more than two decades.

Tremane Wood is awaiting a decision from Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has final say on whether he will be the next man executed on Oklahoma's death row.

Reduced prison phone call rates that benefited incarcerated Oklahomans and their families from February through August are unlikely to return.