Sean Murphy

2 weeks ago | apnews.com | Sean Murphy

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma prepared to execute a man Thursday whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, is set to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Hanson was sentenced to die after he was convicted of carjacking, kidnapping and killing a Tulsa woman in 1999.

2 weeks ago | apnews.com | Sean Murphy

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court on Wednesday ordered a stay of execution to be lifted for a man on death row, clearing the way for him to receive a lethal injection for killing a Tulsa woman in 1999. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, has been scheduled to be put to death Thursday, but a district court judge temporarily halted the execution this week after Hanson’s attorneys argued he didn’t receive a fair clemency hearing before the state’s Pardon and Parole Board.

2 weeks ago | apnews.com | Sean Murphy

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma prosecutors will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Monday. The decision comes after the U.S. Supreme Court in February tossed Glossip’s conviction and death sentence. The court determined the original prosecutors in the case allowed a key witness to give testimony they knew to be false, violating Glossip’s constitutional right to a fair trial.

3 weeks ago | apnews.com | Sean Murphy

Tulsa’s new Black mayor proposes $100M trust to ‘repair’ impact of 1921 Race Massacre 1 of 4 |  Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols speaks to residents of the city’s north side on Thursday, May 22, 2025, as part of a series of “community conversations” the first-term mayor had across the city. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy 2 of 4 |  Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols speaks to North Tulsa resident Jacqueline Weary, a descendant of a Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

1 month ago | apnews.com | Sean Murphy

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma high school students studying U.S. history learn about the Industrial Revolution, women’s suffrage and America’s expanding role in international affairs. Beginning next school year, they will add conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. Oklahoma’s new social studies standards for K-12 public school students, already infused with references to the Bible and national pride, were revised at the direction of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters.