rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stop-the-execution-of-john-hanson-in-oklahoma?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stop-the-execution-of-john-hanson-in-oklahoma' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Death Penalty Action https://actionnetwork.org/groups/death-penalty-action https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/369/028/original/JohnHanson(X).png John Hanson is on death row in Oklahoma for the 1999 murder of Mary Bowles and is scheduled for execution on June 12, 2025 . John Hanson suffers from major mental illnesses, brain damage, and autism, conditions that contributed to his participation in the crime that resulted in his death sentence. Mr. Hanson’s co-defendant, Victor Miller, was the ringleader of the crime and had a long history of manipulating Mr. Hanson, whose disorders cause him to have significant difficulties understanding social interactions and to make poor judgments. However, rather than acknowledging each defendant’s likely role in one coherent, consistent theory of the crime, the State argued at both Mr. Hanson’s and Mr. Miller’s trials that each man was the supposed ringleader of the crime.   Mr. Miller’s trial, like Mr. Hanson’s, resulted in a capital sentence, but, due to procedural errors at trial, Mr. Miller was later resentenced and is now serving life without parole. In contrast, Mr. Hanson remains under sentence of death, at risk for execution. While on death row, Mr. Hanson has become a model prisoner, being entrusted by staff with a job. Mr. Hanson's execution is just one in a series of 25 executions scheduled by Oklahoma in the coming months, despite serious concerns around the state's lethal injection protocols and drugs. Please sign the petition asking Governor Stitt and the Pardon and Parole Board to do everything within their power to ensure Mr. Hanson does not face execution and to seek a path to clemency in the case. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-john-hanson-in-oklahoma