Overview
- The state clemency board voted 3–2 to recommend commutation, citing ineffective defense, withheld evidence and a confession by Wood’s brother to the fatal stab wound.
- Governor Kevin Stitt said the decision followed a thorough review and prayerful consideration.
- Wood, 46, was convicted for a 2002 robbery murder of a 19-year-old but has maintained he was not the killer.
- Hours after the commutation, officers found Wood unconscious in his cell; officials attributed the collapse to stress and dehydration, and he was stabilized at a hospital.
- Executions for Bryan Jennings in Florida and Stephen Bryant in South Carolina remain scheduled as the United States records 41 executions this year across 24 death‑penalty states.