Oklahoma has executed a man two and a half years after the Biden administration thwarted his original date with death. John Hanson, 61, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning, June 12.

The Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Parole denied death row inmate John Hanson clemency on May 7, putting his fate in the hands of the federal judiciary. The board voted 3-2 to deny Republican Governor ...

An Oklahoma County judge has temporarily paused the execution of John Hanson, just days before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. Hanson was convicted in the 1999 carjacking, kidnapping, and ...

John Hanson, convicted of a 1999 Tulsa murder, faces execution following Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board’s clemency denial. Hanson expressed remorse in a public apology, while the families of the ...