Pardon and Parole Board

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board in an unusual move on Wednesday voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for Oklahoma County killer Emmanuel A. Littlejohn.

Richard Rojem is expected to be Oklahoma’s second execution this year after spending nearly four decades on death row.

The administrative rules change, which must receive final approval from the Legislature to take effect, requires prisoners to serve the lesser of five years in prison or one-third of their sentence to become eligible for commutation.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Oklahoma City voters overwhelmingly supporting a measure to use a penny sales tax to build a new downtown arena for the Thunder, State Rep. Mark McBride fighting with Superintendent Ryan Walters' aide over what McBride calls immaturity and a lack of transparency and more.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board is considering an administrative rule change that would place several restrictions on when Oklahoma prisoners may seek commutation.

Hancock was convicted for the 2001 murders of Robert Jett and James Lynch.

Two members of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board resigned earlier this summer, officially leaving the board following the August meeting Tuesday.

An Oklahoma death row inmate is rejecting the opportunity to have a clemency hearing.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics discuss death row inmate Richard Glossip failing to get clemency from the Pardon and Parole Board despite pleas from Attorney General Gentner Drummond and Gov. Kevin Stitt searching for all "legal avenues" to remove McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy after he made racist and hateful remarks.

Despite an unprecedented amount of support from state officials, a split vote from the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board led to no recommendation for clemency for death row inmate Richard Glossip.