Oklahoma Executes Death Row Inmate Despite Self-Defense Claim

Oklahoma is set to execute Phillip Hancock for a 2001 double slaying, despite his claims of acting in self-defense. The state's Pardon and Parole Board recommended sparing Hancock's life, but Governor Kevin Stitt has not yet taken action. Hancock maintains that he shot and killed the two men after they attacked him, but the state argues that his testimony does not align with the physical evidence. This would be Oklahoma's fourth execution of the year, with another scheduled for February.