The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals lifted a district court's stay of execution for John Hanson, allowing his execution on June 12, despite unresolved allegations of bias and constitutional violations in his clemency hearing.

The state of Oklahoma has executed a man convicted in the 1999 murder of a 77 year old woman who was kidnapped at a Tulsa shopping mall, the state announced Thursday.

An Oklahoma judge has granted a temporary stay of execution to a man whose transfer to death row was expedited by the Trump administration.