Murderer returned to Oklahoma to face execution

Murderer returned to Oklahoma to face execution after Trump issues executive order
Convicted murderer John Fitzgerald Hanson was returned to Oklahoma Saturday from a federal prison in Louisiana to face execution. The transfer came 40 days after President Donald Trump issued an executive order "restoring" the death penalty. The Biden administration had blocked Hanson's return in 2022.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi orders murderer returned to Oklahoma for execution
John Fitzgerald Hanson is serving a life sentence at the U.S. Penitentiary in Pollock, Louisiana. His return for execution was blocked in 2022.
U.S. Attorney General grants request for death row inmate's transfer to Oklahoma for execution
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to return convicted murderer John Fitzgerald Hanson to Oklahoma so he can be executed.
Convicted murderer transfer to Oklahoma to face death sentence
A man sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a Tulsa woman has been returned to Oklahoma custody, where officials plan to move forward with his execution.
Convicted murderer back in Oklahoma to face execution
A convicted murderer is back in Oklahoma to face execution after being transferred from a Louisiana prison. Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following. Sign up for our Newsletters George John Hanson,
Man convicted of 1999 Tulsa County murder returned to Oklahoma to face death sentence
Although a Tulsa County jury sentenced Hanson to death, he had been serving a separate life sentence in a Louisiana federal prison for bank robbery.
Convicted murderer George John Hanson transferred to Oklahoma for execution
A convicted murderer has been transferred to the Oklahoma StatePenitentiary in McAlester to carry out his death sentence.George John Hanson was convicted of t
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