Oklahoma executes death-row inmate who claimed self-defense in 2001 deadly double shooting

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Oklahoma executes death-row inmate who claimed self-defense in 2001 deadly double shooting

MACALESTER, Okla. (KFOR) - The State of Oklahoma carried out the execution of death-row inmate Phillip Hancock at 11:29 a.m. Thursday, despite a clemency recommendation from the State Pardon and Parole Board. Witnesses said Hancock stuck to his self-defense claim and had harsh words for the Attorney General. ‘Self defense’: Advocates reveal new evidence in push for clemency for death-row inmate The director of the Department of Correcti…