John Hanson is serving a life sentence at a federal prison in Louisiana after convictions for being a career criminal and other crimes.
Oklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons for custody of a state death row inmate whom the bureau is refusing to hand over, with the state saying the man's scheduled execution cannot be carried out in December if he's not returned soon.A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday by state Attorney General John O'Connor urging that the bureau be ordered to transfer John Hanson back to Oklahoma by Nov. 9 from a federal prison in Pollock, Louisiana.
After being contacted by Kunzweiler, O'Connor sent a request for Hanson's transfer to Bureau of Prisons Regional Director Heriberto Tellez in Grand Prairie, Texas, which also was denied. "The question here is, is this an abuse of discretion ," Dunham said. "It's hard to make a determination about that because the letter doesn't explain."
The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Texas because that is where Tellez is based, contends Oklahoma faces "imminent harm" if Hanson is not returned. "Defendants have also, in essence, lawlessly threatened to commute Hanson's sentence to life imprisonment," from the death penalty he received.
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