Stop the Execution of Tremane Wood in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt
Tremane Wood is scheduled for execution in Oklahoma for the 2004 murder of Ronnie Wipf on November 13, 2025.
On November 5, the Oklahoma Pardon & Parole Board voted 3-2 to affirmatively recommend clemency for Tremane Wood. It is now up to Governor Kevin Stitt to grant or deny clemency.
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.
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Call Gov. Stitt at 405-521-2342 with the following message:
"Hi. My name is [your name]. I am calling to encourage Gov. Stitt to accept the YES recommendation of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board to stop the upcoming execution of Tremane Wood and show mercy to him by commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Mr. Wood has taken responsibility for his actions at the time of the crime and during his incarceration, and will be punished severely. Board members who voted YES expressed concern at the unfairness of his trial, which cannot be denied. Please stop the execution! Thank you."
In the event that the execution is not halted, REGISTER FOR THE VIRTUAL VIGIL BEGINNING AT 9AM CT ON 11/13.
Oklahoma's aggressive execution schedule marks it as an outlier in its use of the death penalty while the majority of other states are on a downward trend of executions. In the last few years, Oklahoma has been one of only a handful of states that have carried out death sentences - and it continues to do so targeting the poor, the mentally ill and people of color.
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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To:
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt
From:
[Your Name]
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.
It seems clear that it was this ineffective assistance of counsel at the time of the trial that led several board members to recommend mercy in this case. In the interest of justice and fairness, we urge you to accept that recommendation.
We are further 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.