6/9/2025 UPDATE:

Oklahoma Death Row prisoner John Hanson is granted a temporary stay of execution Monday.

Oklahoma County District Judge Richard Ogden granted the stay after Hanson's attorneys filed a lawsuit claiming that a May 7 clemency hearing violated Hanson's rights and requested the stay of execution until the matter is resolved.

In that hearing, clemency was denied. Originally, Hanson was scheduled to be put to death on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) says it will move forward as if the execution will continue to take place until they hear one way or another from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's office.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond has asked an appeals court to deny the stay, saying the judge doesn't have the grounds to appeal it.

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