Entries tagged with “Emmanuel Littlejohn”
Clemency
,Sep 26, 2024
Oklahoma, Alabama Executions Raise Concerns About Clemency Process and Execution Methods
Executions in Oklahoma and Alabama, scheduled just hours apart on September 26, highlight issues of proportional sentencing and experimental methods of execution. Emmanuel Littlejohn, who was executed at 10:17am CT, had received a recommendation of clemency from Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board because of conflicting evidence about whether he or a co-defendant actually killed the victim. Alan Miller, scheduled to be executed in the evening of September 26, survived a botched lethal…
Innocence
,Sep 17, 2024
Article of Interest: Former U.S. Judge Andy Lester Calls on Oklahoma to Implement Reforms to “Badly Broken” Capital Punishment System Before Continuing Executions
“From start to finish, it is so badly broken that we cannot know whether someone who has been condemned to death is actually deserving of the ultimate penalty,” wrote former U.S. Magistrate Judge Andy Lester in a September 12, 2024 op-ed for The Oklahoman. Before carrying out any new executions, Mr. Lester calls on the state to implement new reforms to its “broken” capital punishment system. Although the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission provided 45 specific recommendations and…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Aug 15, 2024
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Recommends Clemency for Prisoner Scheduled for September Execution
On August 7, 2024, Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board voted 3 – 2 to recommend clemency for 52-year-old Emmanuel Littlejohn, who is currently scheduled to be executed on September 26. The final decision to grant clemency, reducing Mr. Littlejohn’s death sentence to life without parole, rests with Governor Kevin Stitt, who has only granted clemency once during his…