death penalty

For the first time during her time as Oklahoma County District Attorney, Vicki Behenna is pursuing the death penalty in a case concerning the murder of an 18-year-old in 2024.

Ahead of Oklahoma’s first execution of the year, two state lawmakers are calling for clemency.

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

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.

Rojem was sentenced to death for the murder of his seven-year-old former stepdaughter in the 1980s. He was denied a recommendation of clemency earlier this month.

If convicted, she could become the second woman on Oklahoma’s death row.

Richard Glossip, who has been on death row for over two decades, maintains he is innocent.

What would have been Oklahoma’s first execution of 2024 has been delayed to determine the mental state of the death row inmate.

Despite a recommendation of clemency from the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, the state executed its fourth and final death row inmate of 2023 on Thursday morning.

Death row inmate Richard Glossip’s execution has been stayed again, this time by the U.S. Supreme Court, less than two weeks away from his execution date.