Entries tagged with “Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission”
Policy Issues
Innocence
,May 25, 2023
Former U.S. Attorneys, Prominent Business Leaders, Write Op-Eds in Support of Richard Glossip
Former federal Oklahoma prosecutors Patrick Ryan and Daniel Webber co-authored an editorial in The Oklahoman on May 17, 2023 expressing serious concerns about Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence. The writers noted that a prosecutor’s duty “is not to win a case, but to ensure justice is done,” and concluded that “the state did not follow these fundamental principles in obtaining Richard Glossip’s 1998 and 2004 convictions and death sentences.” The former prosecutors collectively…
Policy Issues
Race
,DPIC Reports
,Oct 14, 2022
DPIC Releases New Report on Race and the Death Penalty in Oklahoma
The Death Penalty Information Center has released a new report on race and the death penalty in Oklahoma, placing the state’s death penalty system in historical context. The report documents the role that race has played in Oklahoma’s death penalty and details the pervasive impact that racial discrimination continues to have in the administration of capital punishment. Deeply Rooted: How Racial History Informs Oklahoma’s Death…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Race
,Executions Overview
,Aug 24, 2022
New DPIC Podcast: Former Governor Brad Henry and Former U.S. Magistrate Judge Andy Lester, co-Chairs of the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission, Call for Halt to Executions
In the August 2022 Discussions With DPIC podcast, former Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry and former U.S. Magistrate Judge Andy Lester (pictured), two of the co-chairs of the bipartisan Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission, call on state officials not to rush forward with the state’s planned execution of 25 prisoners. Speaking with DPIC executive director Robert Dunham, Governor Henry, a Democrat, and Judge Lester, a Republican, discuss the…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Upcoming Executions
,Jul 25, 2022
Former Oklahoma Governor and His Death Penalty Review Commission Co-Chair Call for Execution Halt
Former Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry (pictured) and former U.S. Magistrate Judge Andy Lester, who co-chaired the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission in 2017, have called on state officials to halt the scheduled executions of 25 death-row…