Convicted Killer Transferred to Oklahoma From Louisiana to Face Death Sentence

OKLAHOMA CITY — Convicted murderer George John Hanson is back in Oklahoma custody for his death sentence to be carried out later this year. The state Department of Corrections transferred the inmate late yesterday from a Louisiana federal prison to Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester at the request of Attorney General Gentner Drummond.Hanson, also...

Federal AG Bondi orders inmate transferred to Oklahoma for execution

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

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...