Benjamin Cole lives in darkness. For years, he has lain in his death row cell at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary with the lights out, his eyes shrouded with old clothing, often covered in his own ...

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed inmate Benjamin Cole on Thursday morning despite claims from his attorneys that he had been severely mentally ill. Cole was pronounced dead at 10:22 a.m. at ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board chose not to recommend clemency for death row inmate Benjamin Cole on Tuesday. Cole is sentenced to death in the 2002 killing of his 9-month-old ...

McALESTER — At a mental health evaluation in July, death row inmate Benjamin Cole told a state psychologist he was "just a super-duper hyperbolic Jesus freak." He denied ever having hallucinations, ...

Oklahoma Director of Corrections officials told the media that the execution started at 10:06, Cole was unconscious by 10:11, and he died at 10:22. They confirmed the execution went "smoothly and ...

McALESTER — Death row inmate Benjamin Cole sat slumped over in a prison wheelchair for most of an almost four-hour court hearing Friday, his head at his knees and his eyes closed. The gaunt ...

Oklahoma has executed by lethal injection Benjamin Cole, who was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of his 9-month-old daughter Brianna Victoria Cole, over the objections of defense attorneys who ...

UPDATE (12:53 p.m., Sept. 27, 2022): The clemency request for death row inmate Benjamin Cole has been rejected by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board. Below is the story from Tuesday morning. A death ...

MCALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Cole was executed on Thursday morning. He was pronounced dead at 10:22 a.m. A 57-year-old Oklahoma man is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for killing his ...