Oklahoma Prepares to Execute Man for 2001 Double Slaying Despite Self-Defense Claim

Published on November 30, 2023

McALESTER, Okla.—Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man for a 2001 double slaying despite his claims that he acted in self-defense. Phillip Hancock, 59, is scheduled to receive a three-drug lethal injection at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board voted 3–2 this month to recommend Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt spare Mr. Hancock’s life, but Mr. Stitt had taken no action on the recommendation by early Thursday morning. Mr. Stitt previously commuted the death sentence of Julius Jones in 2021 just hours before Mr. Jones was scheduled to receive a lethal injection, but he rejected clemency recommendations for two other death row inmates, Bigler Stouffer and James Coddington, both of whom were later executed....

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