“I would have been OK with a life sentence,” Littlejohn said in an interview last month.
“But a death sentence for robbery?
Kevin Stitt, a Republican, after the state parole board voted 3-2 to recommend commuting his sentence to life without parole.
It is not the first time Littlejohn has faced an opportunity to overturn his death sentence.
In 1998, the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals vacated the death sentence and ordered a resentencing.
Persons:
Emmanuel Littlejohn, he’s, Littlejohn, Kenneth Meers, Meers, — Littlejohn, Glenn Bethany, “, ” Littlejohn, ”, Kevin Stitt, Bethany, —, Glenn didn’t, Glenn, ’, ” Bethany, sentencings, ‘, ’ ”, Gentner Drummond, Stitt, “ Governor Stitt
Organizations:
Gov, Republican, Emmanuel Littlejohn . Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Oklahoma, “
Locations:
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City