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.

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, received a three-drug lethal injection ...

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(Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP,File) Hanson’s lawyers have argued that he did not receive a fair clemency hearing last month before the state’s five-member Pardon and Parole Board.

John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:11 a.m., prison officials said.

Hanson’s attorneys said in a statement that they plan to appeal to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. “No person facing execution should have to plead for mercy in front of a decisionmaker with ...

Hanson’s attorneys said in a statement that they plan to appeal to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. “No person facing execution should have to plead for mercy in front of a decisionmaker with ...