George John Hanson was sentenced to death after being convicted in the 1999 slaying of 77-year-old Mary Bowles, who was ...

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states ...

Convicted murderer John Fitzgerald Hanson was returned to Oklahoma Saturday from a federal prison in Louisiana to face ...

MCALESTER, Okla. — Update: The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) said escaped inmate Hunter Bowers was captured. According to ODOC, Bowers was taken into custody Thursday night around 10 ...

A man sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a Tulsa woman has been returned to Oklahoma custody, where officials plan to ...

Federal prison officials transferred an inmate to Oklahoma custody so that he can be executed for a 1999 killing, following ...

A convicted murderer has been transferred to the Oklahoma StatePenitentiary in McAlester to carry out his death ...

A former Savanna police officer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman during a traffic ...

Although a Tulsa County jury sentenced Hanson to death, he had been serving a separate life sentence in a Louisiana federal ...

FILE - This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) ...

A convicted murderer is now back in Oklahoma custody, as he waits for a date to face execution later this year.