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Inmate John Hanson sent to Oklahoma to face federal execution in wake of Trump order

Hanson arrived in Oklahoma to face a likely execution by the state for his murder conviction. The Biden administration previously blocked the move.

Associated Press News on MSN · 2d

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 through on President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order to more actively support the death penalty.

Tulsa World · 2d

Inmate's move from federal prison clears path for Oklahoma execution

George John Hanson was sentenced to death after being convicted in the 1999 slaying of 77-year-old Mary Bowles, who was kidnapped from a Tulsa mall, but he was serving a federal sentence on unrelated armed robberies.

US to carry out 1st firing squad execution since 2010

Agence France-Presse on MSN · 1h

US to carry out first firing squad execution since 2010

A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents is to be put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years. There have been five executions in the United States this year and there were 25 last year.

U.S. News & World Report · 37m

A South Carolina Man Is Set to Become the First Executed by Firing Squad in 15 Years

- This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows the state's death chamber in Columbia, S.C., including the electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair, left. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP,

Las Vegas Sun · 1d

The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here's a look at the history

It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West. In modern times, some consider it a more humane alternative to lethal injection.

Murderer returned to Oklahoma to face execution after Trump issues executive order

Convicted murderer John Fitzgerald Hanson was returned to Oklahoma Saturday from a federal prison in Louisiana to face ...

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New book details 'untold story' of lethal injection, chronicling its Oklahoma roots

A new book argues the way states perform executions is inhumane. Sierra Pfeifer sat down with its author to learn about the 'untold story' of lethal injection and Oklahoma’s role in how the condemned ...

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Survivors of heinous Oklahoma crime speak out prior to inmate’s scheduled execution

Later this month, a death row inmate is set to die in Oklahoma and three survivors of his heinous crime are speaking out.

The Associated Press on MSN8d

He’s had three ‘last meals’ on Oklahoma’s death row. The Supreme Court has now tossed his conviction

A death row inmate in Oklahoma who has been scheduled for execution nine separate times and been fed three “last meals” has ...

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