There is renewed scrutiny over the death penalty after the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee. It's a discussion familiar in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City -- On Wednesday, October 21, the Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN) Justice Reimagined Awards & Celebration will honor the Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma City; Pres...

A death row inmate at the center of a high-profile murder case is seeking clemency before his execution.James Pavatt was sentenced to death for the 2001 murder

Philip Derrow argues that capital punishment is an ineffective policy that conservatives should stop supporting.

“The Don't Kill for Me" protest and vigil met outside of the Governor’s Mansion for the scheduled execution of Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied clemency to death row prisoner Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez in a 3-1 decision, leaving him scheduled for execution by lethal injection on August 13, 2026. Defens...

Oklahoma’s death row currently includes 21 inmates whose convictions span cases from 1992 through 2022. Oklahoma has executed 131 people since 1990, all by lethal injection. The state had a six-year p...

The Marshall Project analyzed over 9,000 death sentences handed down since states brought the punishment back

Four justices dissented, hinting at a sharp conflict behind the scenes.

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Clarence Curtis Jordan was convicted in 1978 but hadn’t had a lawyer for over 30 years

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 5-0 to deny clemency for death row prisoner Raymond Eugene Johnson, drawing criticism from the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) due to the state's high execution rate and issues with racial bias, wrongful convictions, and illegal procurement of killing drugs.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board will decide whether or not to grant clemency to a death row inmate.Raymond Johnson was sentenced to death for the 2007 murd

OKLAHOMA CITY — A Tulsa lawmaker's bill to put a hold on executions of death row inmates in Oklahoma failed to get a critical vote and was among measures that

His name is Charles “Sonny” Burton, and he was one of six people who robbed a Talladega AutoZone in 1991.

Michael Sockwell, one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates, could soon receive a new trial.

Raymond Eugene Johnson is set for execution May 14 for the 2007 murders of his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter in Tulsa.

The state wants to execute a 75-year-old man for being present at a murder he did not commit. It's not justice. It's bloodlust.

“These men have not been able to touch grass and feel the warmth of the sun for the first time in ten years.”

Capital punishment is the crown jewel of Oklahoma's retributive justice system, which is justice by revenge.

Kendrick Simpson is a New Orleans native who fled to Oklahoma as a Hurricane Katrina evacuee. He was executed for gunning down two men after an argument.

Event by Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty on Thursday, February 12 2026

Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, a federal district judge ruled.

NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union released Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race and Wrongful Convictions today, a new report exposing how racism,...

The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, and growing evidence of racial bias, wrongful convictions, and political ab...

Oklahoma State Sen. Nikki Nice is advocating for a moratorium on the death penalty, something done last year by a Republican lawmaker.