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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

A federal inmate transferred to Oklahoma to be put to death

Oklahoma Execution Custody Fight - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Federal prison officials transferred an inmate to Oklahoma custody so that he can be executed for a 1999 killing, following through on President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order to more actively support the death penalty.

George John Hanson, 60, was moved from a federal prison in Louisiana to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, over the weekend, Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokeswoman Kay Thompson confirmed Monday.

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