Oklahoma's top prosecutor asked the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he could be executed for his role in the kidnapping and killing of a 77-year-old woman in 1999.

Oklahoma Wants Federal Inmate Transferred So He Can Be Put to Death OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's top prosecutor asked the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so ...

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's top prosecutor asked the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he could be executed for his role in the kidnapping and killing ...

George John Hanson was sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a 77-year-old woman who was carjacked and kidnapped from a Tulsa mall

Oklahoma AG Drummond has requested the transfer of inmate George John Hanson from federal to state custody for execution, aligned with President Trump's executive order enforcing capital punishment laws.

John Fitzgerald Hanson was to have been executed in 2022 for a fatal shooting. The Biden administration blocked his transfer from a federal prison in Louisiana.

More inmates died in Oklahoma's prisons in 2024 than 2023. It was the highest number of deaths in state prisons in six years.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond requested Friday that a prisoner on Oklahoma’s death row be transferred from federal prison in Louisiana so he can be executed. George John Hanson, 60, was convicted for the 1999 kidnapping and murder of 77-year-old Mary Bowles.

A push to deport undocumented immigrants serving time in Oklahoma prisons doesn’t mean that they won’t be required to serve out their sentences or will escape justice. Gov. Kevin Stitt said he will review the cases of undocumented immigrants serving time in Oklahoma correctional facilities individually before deciding whether to commute any

The Chrisley Knows Best star opened up about the situation on the January 28 episode of her Unlocked podcast, where she reminded her listeners that the Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, where Todd is currently serving his 12-year sentence for bank and tax fraud, will be closing down.

Gov. Kevin Stitt said he will review the cases of undocumented immigrants serving time in Oklahoma correctional facilities individually.