Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry approves clemency recommendation
An inmate on death row for 23 years who was scheduled to be executed earlier this year had his death penalty sentence commuted Wednesday to life without the possibility of parole.
Gov. Brad Henry approved clemency for Richard Tandy Smith , 47, who was sentenced to death in 1986 for the shooting death of John Cederlund in Canadian County . The governor followed the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board’s recomm...
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