Stop the Execution of Tremane Wood in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt & the Pardon and Parole Board
Tremane Wood is on death row in Oklahoma for the 2004 murder of Ronnie Wipf.
Tremane, who is African American, was condemned to die by a nearly all-white jury for the murder of a young white man he did not commit and which his co-defendant confessed to carrying out. Whereas Mr. Wood’s co-defendant received a life-without-parole sentence for that murder, Mr. Wood is one of several people on Oklahoma’s death row sentenced to death for felony murder following a brief 6-day trial tainted by racial prejudice, ineffective contract defense counsel and prosecutorial misconduct.
Click here for the official web page for Tremane Wood.
The 2017 bipartisan Report of the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission identified systemic failures like those present in Mr. Wood’s case as creating an unacceptable risk that the State of Oklahoma will execute individuals whose actions and whose lessened culpability do not place them among the worst offenders for whom capital punishment is supposed to be reserved. If Oklahoma executes Mr. Wood, that risk will become a reality.
This particular 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 this execution does not go forward, and to seek a path to clemency in the case.
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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt & the Pardon and Parole Board
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We are writing to you regarding Tremane Wood, who is on death row in Oklahoma for the 2004 murder of Ronnie Wipf.
Tremane, who is African American, was condemned to die by a nearly all-white jury for the murder of a young white man he did not commit and which his co-defendant confessed to carrying out. Whereas Mr. Wood’s co-defendant received a life-without-parole sentence for that murder, Mr. Wood is one of several people on Oklahoma’s death row sentenced to death for felony murder following a brief 6-day trial tainted by racial prejudice, ineffective contract defense counsel and prosecutorial misconduct.
We are concerned that while the vast majority of states with capital punishment continue on a downward trend of executions, Oklahoma has continued to go against trend by carrying on an aggressive execution schedule - targeting the poor, the mentally ill and people of color.
We, the undersigned, ask that you do everything within your power to ensure this execution does not go forward, and to seek a path to clemency in the case.
Thank you for time and attention to this urgent and serious matter.