Overview

• John Hanson was executed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on June 12, 2025, at 10:11 a.m. CT.
• President Trump’s March executive order to expand federal support for the death penalty prompted Hanson’s transfer from a Louisiana prison to Oklahoma custody.
• A temporary stay granted by an Oklahoma County judge over claims of a biased clemency board member was lifted by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; the U.S. Supreme Court then rejected Hanson’s final challenge late Wednesday.
• Hanson was convicted of the 1999 carjacking, kidnapping and fatal shooting of 77-year-old Mary Agnes Bowles in Tulsa; his accomplice, Victor Miller, received a no-parole life sentence.
• During a May clemency hearing, he expressed remorse for his crimes, apologizing to the victims’ families.