Recommendations for Clemency by
the Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board
|
Name |
Clemency
Hearing |
Decision |
Outcome |
|
Philip
Dewitt Smith |
December
2000 |
Recommended for clemency:
4 in favor, 1 against |
Governor
Keating commuted Smith's sentence to Life Without Parole citing the
possibility of innocence. |
| Gerardo
Valdez |
June 2001 | Recommended for clemency: 3 in favor, 1 against | Governor Keating denied clemency; however he granted a last-minute stay at the Mexican government's request. Valdez's sentence was eventually overturned by the courts, and he was resented to Life Without the Possibility of Parole in 2003. |
|
David
J. Brown |
June
2002 |
Recommended
for clemency: 3 in favor, 2 against |
Governor Keating denied
clemency. Several stays have been issued in the case. Execution
rescheduled for March 9, 2004. |
| Ernest Carter, Jr. | November 2002 | Recommended for clemency 4-0 | Governor Keating denied clemency. Carter was executed December 17, 2002. |
| Bobby Joe Fields | January 2003 | Recommended for clemency: 3 in favor, 1 against, 1 recusal. Recommended sentence be commuted to either 45 years or Life Without Parole. | Governor Keating stayed the execution to allow incoming Governor Henry an opportunity to review the case. Henry denied clemency. Fields was executed February 13, 2003. |
| Jackie Willingham | June 2003 | Recommended for clemency: 3 in favor, 2 against | Governor Henry denied clemency. Willingham was executed July 24, 2003. |
| Hung
Thanh Le |
December 2003 | Recommended for clemency: 4 in favor, 1 recusal. Recommended sentence be commuted to Life With the Possibility of Parole. | Governor Henry denied clemency; however he granted a last minute stay at the Vietnam Embassy's request. Execution rescheduled for March 23, 2004. |
|
|