Oklahoma death row inmate Wendell Arden Grissom denied clemency
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday voted 4-1 to deny clemency to a death row inmate who said last month he is ...
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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 ...
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Oklahoma board denies clemency for man on death row, clears path for March execution
Grissom and a co-defendant, Jessie Floyd Johns, were convicted of killing of Amber Matthews, 23, and wounding her friend, ...
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U.S. Attorney General grants request for death row inmate's transfer to Oklahoma for execution
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to return convicted murderer John ...
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Clemency denial paves the way for the first execution of 2025
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board members voted 4-1 on Wednesday to deny clemency for death row prison Wendell Grissom, ...
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Oklahoma death row inmate Wendell Arden Grissom denied clemency
Grissom, 56, chose not to make a statement to the board via video from prison. His attorneys asked for mercy because of his deep remorse and brain damage. In a video, the jury foreman, Gary Krouse ...
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Oklahoma board denies clemency for man on death row, clears path for March execution
Johns was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Grissom's attorneys, federal public defenders Kristi Christopher and Thomas Hird, did not dispute Grissom’s guilt, but argued that he ...