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The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board is the parole board of the state of Oklahoma.The board was created by an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution in 1944. [1] The Board has the authority to empower the Governor of Oklahoma to grant pardons, paroles, and commutations to people convicted of offenses against the state of Oklahoma.
The governor is required to communicate to the Oklahoma Legislature, at each regular session, each case of reprieve, commutation, parole or pardon, granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the date and place of conviction, and the date of commutation, pardon, parole and reprieve.
[20] [21] [22] He was paroled once more in 1959, and later pardoned by Oklahoman governor Henry Bellmon in 1966 for the Osage murders, after a 3-2 ruling in the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. [23] [24] After his release from prison, Burkhart moved back to Osage County to live with his brother Byron.
Kevin Buchanan is an American former district attorney for Washington County and Nowata County, Oklahoma from Bartlesville and an Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board member appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt on August 3, 2023. [1] His term on the board will expire in January 2027. [2] He held his role of district attorney for over a decade. [3]
People who received an official pardon from a governor of a state of the United States, or from a body that acts on behalf of the executive branch in granting pardons, such as a state parole board. Pages in category "Recipients of American gubernatorial pardons"
David Prater was the district attorney for Oklahoma County between 2007 and 2023. [1] During his tenure, he gained significant attention for his criticism of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, prosecuting protestors during the George Floyd protests in Oklahoma City, and leading the initial corruption investigation into Terry O'Donnell.
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, flanked by members of his legal team, holds a press conference on April 20, 2010, in Chicago while awaiting trial. Blagojevich was convicted on 18 counts.
Under the state Constitution, the Governor of Oklahoma may grant a commutation of the death sentence, but only with advice and consent of the five-member Pardon and Parole Board. [9] Two inmates post-Furman had their death sentences commuted. [10] Governor Lee Cruce commuted every death sentence imposed during his administration (1911–1915). [10]