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Clemency denial paves the way for Oklahoma's first execution of 2025
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board members voted 4-1 on Wednesday to deny clemency for death row prison Wendell Grissom, accused of shooting a woman who was cradling a baby in her arms. Grissom, 56, was convicted in the 2005 murder of Amber Dawn Matthews, …