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~ Phillip Hancock, 30Nov23, (OK) ~
By: BuzzC Date: November 10, 2023, 9:06 pm
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Oklahoma Inmate Set for Execution This Month Should Get
Clemency, Parole Board Says--
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
The execution of Phillip Hancock, who was convicted for the 2001
murders of Robert Jett and James Lynch, is still scheduled for
Nov. 30.
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The life of convicted killer Phillip Hancock now rests in the
hands of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, following the state parole
board's decision Wednesday to recommend clemency for the death
row inmate.
Hancock's execution is still slated for Nov. 30.
Stitt needs to sign off on the board's recommendation in order
to stave off Hancock's execution.
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to recommend
clemency for Hancock, who was convicted for the 2001 murders of
Robert Jett and James Lynch.
The board did not, however, recommend commutation for the
59-year-old inmate.
His attorneys allege that Hancock was lured to Jett's home in
Oklahoma City back on April 26, 2001. Once there, the unarmed
Hancock was attacked by Jett and Lynch with a metal bar, and
ordered into a cage.
Hancock struggled with Jett, who the attorneys allege in a
statement was an "outlaw biker." He managed to wrestle a gun
away from Jett, and used the man's gun to fatally shoot him and
Lynch.
In the state of Oklahoma, citizens have the right to defend
themselves from an attack.
Hancock's attorneys argued Wednesday their client acted in
self-defense.
Republican state representatives, Kevin McDugle and Justin
Humphrey, spoke at the board's hearing, and recommended clemency
for Hancock.
But the state attorney general's office countered Hancock had a
history of violent arrests, including a prior manslaughter
charge.
So far, Stitt has yet to comment publicly on whether he'd
consider halting Hancock's Nov. 30 execution.
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