The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denies clemency for a man convicted in a 1999 Tulsa double murder.
George John Hanson is scheduled to have his death sentence carried out on June 12th for the 1999 murder of 77-year-old Mary Bowles, who was kidnapped from a Tulsa mall and taken to a remote area near Owasso where she was shot and killed. A man who witnessed the shooting, Jerald Thurman, was also shot and killed.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond says the families of Mary Bowles and Jerald Thurman have waited more than a quarter-century to see justice carried out against this callous murderer, so he appreciates the Pardon and Parole Board for rejecting clemency.
Hanson was transferred from a Louisiana federal prison in March at Drummond's request. The transfer was facilitated by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Bureau of Prisons after previously being blocked by the Biden Administration.
