Wendell Grissom’s execution is set despite claims of brain damage, as Oklahoma’s death penalty law faces scrutiny over its ...

Want to understand Oklahoma better? Sign up for First Watch and let Ted Streuli guide you beyond the surface of daily news. The crime was undeniably horrific. Wendell Grissom was sentenced to death ...

Later this month, a death row inmate is set to die in Oklahoma and three survivors of his heinous crime are speaking out.

That is exactly what Oklahoma law does. An IQ of 76, achieved on any test at any time, makes one eligible for the death ...

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted to deny clemency for death row inmate Wendell Grissom on Wednesday. Grissom admitted to shooting and killing 23-year-old Amber Dawn Matthews in 2005 in ...

The most recent U.S. execution took place last Friday, when Brad Sigmon, 67, died by firing squad in South Carolina. Sigmon, ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came a week before Jessie Hoffman was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the ...

The next man the state is going to execute suffers from severe brain damage and a low IQ. But he’s smart enough to die. As J.C. Hallman reported, Wendell Grissom, whose execution is set for a week ...