The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals issued an order Tuesday setting the execution date. His execution had been scheduled ...

Nearly 1 in 6 Oklahoma prisoners is 55 or older, a demographic that has doubled since 2009 and almost quadrupled since 2000.

Wendell Arden Grissom has been described in court records as someone who is “much more than the worst thing he did." He's set for execution on Thursday.

(AP) — Oklahoma prepared to execute a man on Thursday for fatally ... from brain damage that was never presented to a jury. The state’s Pardon and Parole Board denied Grissom’s request. His attorneys ...

Several bills making their way through the Oklahoma Legislature target punishments for some violent crimes, including domestic violence and murder.