An Oklahoma judge has stayed the execution of John Fitzgerald Hanson, who was convicted of killing a woman in 1999, after his attorneys argued he was denied a fair clemency hearing due to bias among board members.
John Fitzgerald Hanson, a Black man facing execution on June 12, has filed a clemency petition with the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board arguing that he suffers from Autism Spectrum Disorder, was manipulated by a more culpable co-defendant, and has demonstrated extraordinary rehabilitation during two decades in federal custody.
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