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Federal AG Bondi orders inmate transferred to Oklahoma for execution

Saturday, February 15 by The Associated Press

By SEAN MURPHY Associated PressOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The President's newly installed attorney general, Pam Bondi, has ordered the transfer of a federal inmate to Oklahoma so he can be executed, following through on the President's sweeping executive order to more actively support the death penalty.Bondi this week directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons...

Oklahoma wants federal inmate transferred so he can be put to death

Saturday, January 25 by The Associated Press

By SEAN MURPHY Associated PressOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's top prosecutor asked the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he could be executed for his role in the kidnapping and killing of a 77-year-old woman in 1999.Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond requested the transfer on Thursday of...

Motion Filed to Reevaluate Competency of Death Row Inmate

Wednesday, December 11 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion in Comanche County district court to reevaluate the competency of Ricky Ray Malone, who was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the 2003 execution-style shooting death of Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Nik Green. Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton, worked with...

Court Of Appeals Grants Stay In Clemency Hearing For Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Kevin Underwood

Tuesday, December 10 by Ponca City Now

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay for the clemency hearing of Oklahoma death row inmate Kevin Underwood. The hearing was scheduled for Monday, Dec. 9 despite delays brought on by the controversy of recent resignations on the Pardon and Parole Board and a legal challenge filed by his attorneys. However,...

Trial Scheduled For Kay County Jailers Involved In Incident With Inmate

Tuesday, January 22 by Lyman James

Jury trials are scheduled for two Kay County Detention Center jailers who are accused of assaulting an inmate in the Kay County Jail in Newkirk on September 26, 2018.21 -year-old Zane Jadon Dewayne Vandaveer, and 30-year-old Danial Allan Vandaveer were charged on October 31, 2018 with misdemeanor assault and battery after they were reportedly...