OKLAHOMA CITY – Death row inmate John Hanson’s execution is set to proceed after the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Oklahoma denied his petition to stop it.This comes after a judge ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – An Indiana lawmaker wants to see the state abolish the death penalty now that Gov. Mike Braun says executions are on pause. Braun said he has no intention of purchasing ...

In general, if you thought the death penalty deterred murder, you would think that states with the death penalty would have fewer murders, But not so. Of the 10 states with the highest murder ...

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By refusing mercy, the State will now carry out the senseless killing of John Hanson.” responded Rev. Don Heath, Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Chair.

Nearly 26 years after he and an accomplice killed two people as part of a crime spree, 61-year-old George John Hanson was executed Thursday morning. Hanson died by lethal injection at the Oklahoma ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An Illinois House committee voted Thursday to abolish the death penalty, raising the stakes in the long debate over how to respond to flaws in the state's ...

Attorneys for George John Hanson, a death row inmate convicted of killing two people in 1999, recently filed a lawsuit claiming that a May 7 clemency hearing violated Hanson’s rights and requested a ...

The Supreme Court on Friday evening released orders from the justices’ private conference on Thursday. The justices added four new cases, involving issues such as federal sentencing, the death penalty ...

DA to seek death penalty against Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect Chunli Zhao is accused of killing seven people in a January 2023 rampage at two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms.