This Oklahoma law aims to ease sentencing for convicted abuse survivors. Is it working?
A new law allows courts to impose lesser sentences if it can be determined the defendant was a victim of domestic violence at ...
Death row inmate convicted of 2005 northwest Oklahoma murder denied clemency
A death penalty date for Wendell Grissom will stand after the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied him clemency on Wednesday morning.
Oklahoma board denies clemency for man on death row, clears path for March execution
An Oklahoma board has rejected clemency for a man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a woman during a 2005 home-invasion ...
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Clemency denial paves the way for Oklahoma's first execution of 2025
Wendell Grissom was convicted in the 2005 murder of Amber Dawn Matthews, while she was protecting her friend’s children during a home invasion near Watonga.
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No Mercy for Death Row Inmate: Oklahoma denies clemency for convicted killer
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied clemency for Wendell Arden Grissom, clearing the way for his March 20, 2025 execution for the 2005 murder of Amber Matthews, a crime prosecutors described ...
Mom 'Smothered' 9-Year-Old to Death, Buried Him in Yard and Then Left State with Other Child: Prosecutor
"The alleged actions of this defendant are among the most callous I have seen and hope never to see again," the prosecutor said ...
Former Oklahoma teen found not guilty after admitting to stabbing mom
A former Oklahoma teen was found not guilty on Friday in the death of his mother, which happened just 18 months after he shot his father in Oklahoma.