death penalty

A new bill or resolution has been filed by a state legislator for 2022 that would put an end to Oklahoma's death penalty. State Rep. Mauree Turner (D-OKC) introduced HJR-1050 that if passed would place the death penalty on the ballot as a state question for the voters to decide.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a reprieve for inmate Garcia White, just one day before his scheduled execution.

38-year-old Lisa Ann Coleman was put to death Wednesday night for the torture and starvation death of her girlfriend's 9-year-old son.

Convicted murderer Clayton Lockett was scheduled to be executed at 6:00 p.m. tonight (April 29). While authorities were administering the lethal injection they discovered the line into Lockett's arm had blown. Prison officials halted the execution and at 7:06 p.m. Lockett suffered a massive heart attack and passed away.