Court Upholds Idaho’s Ban on ‘Abortion Trafficking’
PASADENA, CA – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals here last week upheld an Idaho abortion travel…
ACLU Files Suit to Block Far-Reaching Immigration Bill in Oklahoma
Special to the Vanguard Oklahoma City – Civil rights groups today challenged Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a far-reaching,…
Court Rules Man Not Competent to Be Executed Due to Severe Mental Illness
Special to the Vanguard McAlester, OK – After conducting a competency hearing, a district court judge in…
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Stay of Execution for Glossip, Delaying May 18 Execution for Now
By Marisol Franco WASHINGTON, DC – Late this past Friday, the attorneys for Richard Glossip, who was…
4 State Executions Scheduled This Week Across U.S. – Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Oklahoma
By Leila Katibah During the week of Nov.17, four men across the U.S. are scheduled to be…
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Denies Clemency in Fairchild Case – Execution by Lethal Injection Nov. 17
By Alexis Rios-Jimenez OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- Richard Fairchild, 62, on death row for the 1993 murder of…
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Denies Clemency for Death Row’s Benjamin Cole – Defense Team Turns to Other Venues
By Naya Wiezel OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Benjamin Cole, a death row inmate, was denied clemency by…
Glossip Lawyers File 2nd Petition to Oklahoma Appeals Court Asserting Evidence of Informant’s Efforts to Recant Were Withheld from Glossip Attorneys
By Rena Abdusalam OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Lawyers for death row inmate Richard Glossip filed a Brady…
Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip Files Motion for Post-Conviction Relief
Special to the Vanguard Oklahoma City, OK – Last month, a report released from the state legislature…
Drunk Lawyer Grossly Misrepresented Black Man Now on Death Row, Appeal Claims
By Amy Berberyan OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Based on evidence that his court-appointed trial lawyer was…
Republican Legislator in Oklahoma Proclaims Glossip to Be an Innocent Man on Death Row, Following Investigative Report
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma City, OK – If there was any doubt that Richard…
Attorney for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Claims True Killer Fingered Client to Escape Justice
By Mihajla Milovanovic TULSA, OK –A man named Richard Glossip has been on death row for 23…
Death Penalty Foe Quits Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after State Resumes Executions – Governor Appoints Ex-Cop
By Catherine Hamilton, Ashleen Herrarte and Katherine Longjohn OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The chair of the Oklahoma…
Oklahoma Man’s Execution Stayed in Light of Mental Incompetency
Image from The Oklahoman By Joshua Cenzano PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK – A district court in Oklahoma Wednesday stayed…
Oklahoma Death Row Man Hopes for Stay of Execution as Questions of Mental Competency Grow
By Katherine Coviello and Sophia Barberini PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK – Wade Greeley Lay, on death row in…
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Vote for Clemency for Man on Death Row
By Mei Perez OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Julius Jones, convicted for killing Paul Howell, was recommended this…
Constitutionality of Oklahoma’s Lethal Injection Procedure Questioned; Federal Judge Refuses to Block Upcoming Executions – With One Set This Thursday
By Catherine Hamilton OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — A federal judge in Oklahoma City has refused to block…
Citing a Lifetime of Abuse, John Grant Seeks Clemency Before His October 28 Execution Date
Special to the Vanguard Oklahoma City, OK – Seven years ago Oklahoma brutally and horrifically botched the…
Poll Finds Majority Support Commutation of Death Row Prisoner Julius Jones
By Alexander Ramirez and Esme Lipton OKLAHOMA – In a survey of 500 registered voters conducted in…
