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Phillip Hancock has long claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two people. Hancock’s execution went forward once Gov. Kevin Stitt declined to commute his sentence.
Phillip Dean Hancock, 59, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary after Gov. Kevin Stitt declined to grant him clemency.
Oklahoma is on the verge of executing Phillip Hancock, 59, for a double homicide in 2001. Hancock claims that he shot Robert Jett Jr. and James Lynch in self-defense.
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Phillip Hancock, 59, is scheduled to receive a three-drug lethal injection at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.