Oklahoma Execution Slated For This (Thursday) Morning

James Coddington

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has refused to stop the execution of James Coddington of Choctaw, scheduled at 10:00 this morning. A court condemned him for murdering his friend, Albert Hale, 75, 25 years ago, because Hale refused to give him money to buy cocaine. Stitt declined to grant clemency, even though the Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended that the state commute his sentence to Life in Prison.