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In August, the state’s Pardon and Parole Board voted in favor of granting clemency to Littlejohn — who has long claimed he didn’t commit the crime he was convicted of 22 years ago — but ...
Littlejohn's clemency hearing took place before the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on August 7, 2024. During the hearing, Littlejohn admitted responsibility for the robbery at Meers's convenience store, but maintained that he did not kill Meers, continuing to argue that Bethany pulled the trigger.
In a rare move, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for Littlejohn, whose legal team argued that the evidence in the case was unclear, especially who the ...
In an unusual move, the board voted 3-2 to recommend that Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt commute Littlejohn’s death sentence to life without parole. Littlejohn’s case marks the fifth time the ...
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The board's narrow decision means the fate of Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, now rests with Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who could commute his sentence to life in prison without parole. Stitt has granted clemency only once, in 2021, to death row inmate Julius Jones, commuting his sentence to life without parole just hours before Jones was scheduled ...
The Board's use of the new risk assessment instrument resulted in their having a higher rate of parole approval. The parole revocation rate has not changed, and in the first year, only 5 of the people returned to prison for new crimes, a rate of 0.2% that was a fraction of the national rate of 10.5%. [9]
Oklahoma death row inmate Emmanuel A. Littlejohn, right, is pictured with Mark Jacobs during Littlejohn's clemency hearing before the Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.