Oklahoma executes man for double murder he claimed was self defence
Oklahoma executed 59-year-old death row inmate Phillip Hancock, who was sentenced to death for the 2001 double murder of Robert Jett and James Lynch, officials said.
Hancock – who had claimed the killings were done in self-defence – was pronounced dead at 11.29am on Thursday, the state's Department of Corrections said.
Hancock's execution went ahead after Governor Kevin Stitt declined to halt it despite a recommendation by the state's parole board that he receive clemency, Hancock's lawyers said in a statement.
CNN has reached out to the governor's office for comment. Stitt was not bound by the recommendation of the board, which voted three to two in favour of clemency at a hearing earlier this month.
On Thursday, following the execution, Jett's brother said the f...
