Oklahoma Lawmakers, Activists Call on Governor to Sign Reprieve of Death Row Inmate

Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean is greeted by a supporter during a demonstraiton in the Oklahoma capitol building on May 4, 2023. Michael Clements/The Epoch Times

OKLAHOMA CITY—Anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean told a group of about 35 people in the Oklahoma State Capital that the state couldn’t be trusted with the power to execute people.

“In that governor’s hand is the power of life and death. We have got to end this; they can’t handle it,” Prejean said.