UPDATE: Gov. Mary Fallin refused to grant clemen­cy to Davis. On June 6, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board rec­om­mend­ed clemen­cy for Brian Darrell Davis, who is fac­ing exe­cu­tion on June 25. The board vot­ed 4 – 1 to rec­om­mend that Davis’s death sen­tence be com­mut­ed to life in prison with­out parole. The parole board rec­om­mend­ed clemen­cy after Davis took respon­si­bil­i­ty for the crime and apol­o­gized to the fam­i­ly of the vic­tim. ​“A weight lift­ed off of all of us,” said his moth­er, Yvonne Davis. ​“Brian does deserve a sec­ond chance.” Davis was con­vict­ed of mur­der­ing his girl­friend’s moth­er. The rec­om­men­da­tion now goes to Governor Mary Fallin, who can approve or reject the vote. The gov­er­nor also has the author­i­ty to grant a 30-day stay in order to con­sid­er the case further.

The Board reject­ed the clemen­cy peti­tion of James Lewis DeRosa, sched­uled to be exe­cut­ed on June 18.

(T. Talley, ​“Clemency rec­om­mend­ed for Okla. death row inmate,” Associated Press, June 6, 2013). See Clemency.

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