Source: NBC News
“Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a man who was set to be executed to life in prison after a state panel recommended his life should be spared. Tremane Wood, 46, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on Thursday. The Pardon and Parole Board issued an uncommon clemency recommendation last week. … Stitt, who has served two terms and cannot run for reelection in 2026, had granted clemency only once during his nearly seven years as governor prior to Thursday. Wood was sentenced to die for his role in the stabbing death of Ronnie Wipf, a 19-year-old migrant farmworker from Montana, during a botched robbery attempt at a north Oklahoma City hotel on New Year’s Day 2002. Wood’s attorneys have not denied that he participated in the robbery but maintain that his brother, Zjaiton Wood, was the one who stabbed Wipf.” (11/13/25)