Overview
- Wood’s sentence is now life in prison without the possibility of parole under the governor’s order.
- The execution had been set for 10 a.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester before the last‑minute commutation.
- State and federal courts denied requests to stay the execution in the hours and days leading up to the decision.
- Attorney General Gentner Drummond opposed clemency, calling Wood dangerous and pledging to ensure he remains behind bars.
- Defense lawyers said Wood participated in the robbery but not the killing, citing the late brother’s admissions, ineffective trial counsel, and undisclosed benefits to witnesses.