Nolan Clay

1 week ago | oklahoman.com | Nolan Clay

• Richard Glossip is seeking release on bond while awaiting his third murder trial. • Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond will retry Glossip, but will not seek the death penalty. • Glossip's defense claims the likelihood of another conviction is minimal, while prosecutors argue the evidence against him is strong. Richard Glossip will have to wait a little longer to find out if he will go free while he awaits his third murder trial.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Nolan Clay |Dale Denwalt

An Afghan national who had ties to the CIA has pleaded guilty to two federal crimes over his thwarted plot to carry out a terrorism attack last November on Election Day in support of ISIS. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, made the plea through a translator on Friday, June 13, in Oklahoma City federal court. A jury trial had been set for next year but Tawhedi waived that right during the hearing. U.S. District Judge Scott Palk will decide his punishment later.

2 weeks ago | thedailytexan.com | Nolan Clay

After Rory McIlroy’s triumph at The Masters, it seemed like he would be the golfer to beat for the foreseeable future. However, it took just seven weeks for World No. 1 and former Longhorn Scottie Scheffler to remind everyone that he’s still the gold standard. Since leaving Augusta National, Scheffler has captured three wins, including his third major championship victory at the PGA Championship. What’s even more impressive is how he is winning.

2 weeks ago | azcentral.com | Amanda Myers |Nolan Clay

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. He was convicted of killing 77-year-old Mary Agnes Bowles after he and another man carjacked and kidnapped her from a mall on Aug. 3, 1999. The men also killed a witness, Jerald Thurman. Hanson was pronounced dead at 10:11 a.m., a corrections spokesman told USA TODAY.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Nolan Clay

McALESTER — A convicted murderer has been executed in Oklahoma as a direct result of President Donald Trump's return to office. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, was pronounced dead at 10:11 a.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. "Peace to everyone," he said at the end of his last words while strapped to the execution gurney. He had been scheduled for execution on Dec. 15, 2022, but the Biden administration refused to return him to Oklahoma from a federal prison in Louisiana.