Jury in Tulsa selects death in ’99 killings Tue, Nov 18, 2008 TULSA — A jury delivered a death penalty for Victor Cornell Miller on each of two counts of first-degree murder Monday. Miller received the death penalty at an earlier trial for the Aug. 31,...

Tulsa jury sentences man to death for 1999 killings Mon, Nov 17, 2008 TULSA — A jury delivered a death penalty for Victor Cornell Miller on each of two counts of first-degree murder Monday. Miller received the death penalty at an earlier trial for the Aug. 31,...

CRIME AND COURTS | IN BRIEF: Police detain two students in Spencer Fri, Nov 14, 2008 SPENCER Police detain two students Two juveniles were taken into police custody Friday at Rogers Middle School at 4000 N Spencer, ending a school lockdown, Acting Police Chief Olan Boydstun said....

Tulsa County jury finds man guilty in double slaying Fri, Nov 14, 2008 TULSA — Victor Cornell Miller was found guilty tonight on two counts of first-degree murder. The jury of seven men and five women deliberated less than two hours before reaching a verdict in...

Double-murder retrial begins in Tulsa Tue, Nov 11, 2008 TULSA -- The retrial of a man on charges he killed a Tulsa woman and an Owasso man is under way in Tulsa. Victor Miller is charged with first-degree murder in the August 1999 deaths of...

Two city men face trial in dancer’s slaying Tue, Nov 11, 2008 Two Oklahoma City men accused of killing an exotic dancer in a robbery attempt discussed the shooting shortly before they were arrested in August, a witness testified Monday. Laverie O. Franklin...

Killer appealing tonight’s execution in Texas Thu, Nov 6, 2008 HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Convicted burglar Elkie Lee Taylor already was a known troublemaker in his neighborhood near downtown Fort Worth when he and a partner were seen leaving the home of Otis...

Oklahoma court sets Brown execution date Mon, Nov 3, 2008 The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Monday set Jan. 22 for the execution of Darwin Demond Brown, 31, convicted for a 1995 slaying in Tulsa. Attorney General Drew Edmondson requested the...

Penalties considered in 2007 Oklahoma City murder of Matthew Powell Thu, Oct 30, 2008 Oklahoma County prosecutors still have not decided whether to pursue the death penalty against two people charged with killing an Oklahoma City man in August 2007. Deborah Jean Hopson pleaded not...

Franklin Green to die for wife's death in Wynnewood Wed, Oct 29, 2008 PAULS VALLEY — A Garvin County jury needed barely an hour Tuesday to deliver a death sentence to Franklin Green for killing his wife. Green was convicted last week for the April 10, 2007,...

Franklin Green receives death sentence for killing wife in Wynnewood Tue, Oct 28, 2008 PAULS VALLEY — A Garvin County jury needed barely an hour Tuesday to deliver a death sentence to Franklin Green for killing his wife. Green was convicted last week for the downtown Wynnewood...

Strange But True: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Add a comment BY BILL SONES AND RICH SONES, PH.D. Q: What was likely the biggest animal ever to undergo capital punishment? A: In 1903, an elephant named Topsy killed her trainer after he fed her a lit...

Bob Macy Fri, Oct 3, 2008 | Add a comment Bob Macy had kind of thought he’d be Oklahoma County’s district attorney for life, so he said he wasn’t prepared for retirement.

Texas executes man who raped, killed 93-year-old Wed, Aug 6, 2008 HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A man who raped and murdered a 93-year-old woman in her Dallas-area home was executed Wednesday after he apologized to his victim's relatives. "I'm sorry for...

Death for man who kidnapped, murdered Idaho boy Wed, Aug 27, 2008 BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- In the end, killer pedophile Joseph Edward Duncan III couldn't - or wouldn't - offer a reason why he should live. A jury didn't find one either, deliberating just...

Death penalty to be sought in NC student slaying Thu, Mar 13, 2008 HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) -- Prosecutors said Monday they plan to seek the death penalty against a man charged in the kidnapping and fatal shooting of University of North Carolina at Chapel...

Woman pleads innocent to killing pregnant woman Mon, Jun 9, 2008 KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) -- A woman pleaded innocent Thursday to stabbing a pregnant woman to death and cutting the baby out of her womb. The charge of aggravated first-degree murder...

Supreme Court rulings won't end lawsuits Sat, Jun 28, 2008 For at least a decade, the Supreme Court has declined to rule on the use of lethal injections and whether the death penalty applies to anyone who rapes a child. In its term ending Friday, the high...

Linda Gatewood Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Gatewood said she cried uncontrollably when she was told she had breast cancer following a routine mammogram and follow-up ultrasound. “At that point, I thought, ‘OK, my life is over,’ ”...

Executions to resume after high court OK's lethal injections Wed, Apr 16, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. executions are all but sure to resume soon after a nationwide halt, cleared Wednesday by a splintered Supreme Court that approved the most widely used method of...