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The State Expanded Medical Parole Four Years Ago, but the Number of Medical Paroles Has Plummeted
In the three years prior to expansion, 30 medical paroles were granted in Oklahoma; since 2021, there have been only six.
Opinion: We were formerly incarcerated, now serve on DOC board and see change happening
Rhonda Bear and Joseph Brantley talk about their experience as the first formerly incarcerated people to serve on Oklahoma's ...
South Carolina will execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad. Here’s how it will be done
Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in the state.
Oklahoma Department of Corrections to investigate reported Lawton Correctional Facility homicide
A death has been reported at the Lawton Correctional Facility according to a GEO group spokesperson. The death is being ...
Police arrest local man for porch piracy after video evidence links him to stolen goods
Porch Pirate Arrested ?☠️On March 3, 2025, Officers responded to a report of porch piracy near 15th and Lewis. Thanks to a ...
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Walkaways at Oklahoma's lower-level prisons raise security concerns
Five inmates walked away from Oklahoma's lower-level prisons within two weeks. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is ...
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Convicted Killer Transferred to Oklahoma From Louisiana to Face Death Sentence
Convicted murderer George John Hanson is back in Oklahoma custody for his death sentence to be carried out later this year.
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Lethal injection, electrocution and now firing squads. A look at US execution methods – Associated Press
This March 2019 photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's electric chair in Columbia, ...
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Should Louisiana publicly release its nitrogen gas execution protocols? Courts weigh arguments
Louisiana's execution protocols have not been made public — even though the state plans to put a man to death using nitrogen ...
A federal inmate transferred to Oklahoma to be put to death
Federal prison officials transferred an inmate to Oklahoma custody so that he can be executed for a 1999 killing, following ...
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Convicted murderer transfer to Oklahoma to face death sentence
A man sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a Tulsa woman has been returned to Oklahoma custody, where officials plan to move forward with his execution.
Convicted murderer back in Oklahoma to face execution
A convicted murderer is back in Oklahoma to face execution after being transferred from a Louisiana prison. Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.