Oklahoma prisoner’s life spared moments before scheduled execution – video

The GuardianThursday, November 13, 2025 at 9:22:18 PM
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Oklahoma prisoner’s life spared moments before scheduled execution – video
Tremane Wood, a 46-year-old inmate, was scheduled for execution by lethal injection at the Oklahoma state penitentiary in McAlester. However, moments before the execution, Governor Kevin Stitt accepted the recommendation of the Oklahoma pardon and parole board to commute Wood's sentence to life in prison without parole. Wood was convicted of felony murder in the 2001 stabbing death of Ronnie Wipf, a 19-year-old migrant farm worker from Montana during a robbery attempt.
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