Tremane Wood, Who Was Never Proven To Have Killed Anyone, Gets Clemency Recommendation

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In a highly unusual move, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board on Wednesday voted to recommend clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing. The 3-2 vote was a stunning outcome in a case where the Oklahoma attorney general has personally intervened to try to secure Wood’s execution. The decision over whether to grant mercy to Wood now goes to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), who has only spared one man from execution since becoming governor

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