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Oklahoma Attorney General requests prisoner transfer from Louisiana for execution
Attorney General Gentner Drummond requested Friday that a prisoner on Oklahoma’s death row be transferred from federal prison in Louisiana so he can be executed. George John Hanson, 60, was convicted for the 1999 kidnapping and murder of 77-year-old Mary Bowles.
AG Drummond asks for inmate in Louisiana federal prison be transferred to Oklahoma for execution
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow President Trump to serve a third term in the White House so the country “can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs.” Ogles proposed an amendment Thursday that says, “No person shall be elected to the office of the…
Drummond wants federal inmate transferred to Oklahoma for execution
Attorney General Gentner Drummond has requested the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to transfer a man in a Louisiana prison to Oklahoma so a death sentence can be carried out for a 1999 murder. >> Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.
Oklahoma tries again to get death row inmate transferred from federal prison
Just months before his scheduled execution in 2022, the state's request was denied to transfer John Hanson, who murdered a retired Tulsa banker and an Owasso trucking company owner in 1999.
AG asks feds for custody of death row inmate
The Oklahoma Attorney General is asking the federal government to transfer a death row inmate back into the state's custody for execution in line with a Presidential Executive Order regarding executions.
Oklahoma Attorney General requests convicted murderer be transferred for execution
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to transfer a convicted murderer from federal prison to Oklahoma. George John Hanson
These maps show how winter has flipped upside down in the U.S.
After a record-breaking Gulf Coast storm, cities like New Orleans and Pensacola, Florida, have had more snow this winter than Omaha, Des Moines and New York.
'Blizzard' Warning for Louisiana and Texas Amid Blanket of Freezing Weather
Several counties across the southern Louisiana and Texas border are braced for an onslaught of powerful winds and heavy snow, ...
Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms is back in court
A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments about a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms ...
Oklahoma sees lowest temperatures in nearly 4 years overnight into Tuesday
Dangerous cold temperatures remained across Oklahoma, with the lowest temperatures in nearly four years hitting the state.