USA: Further information: Oklahoma governor considering clemency for Richard Smith

Index Number: AMR 51/028/2010
Date Published: 13 April 2010
Categories: USA

The Governor of Oklahoma has stayed the execution of Richard Smith in order to consider the Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation that his death sentence be commuted. Richard Smith, who has been on death row for 23 years, is now scheduled for execution on 4 May.