The new United States Attorney General, Pam Bondi, has approved the transfer of convicted murderer John Hanson from a federal prison to the state of Oklahoma for execution. Hanson is currently serving a life sentence for bank robbery but was also convicted for his role in the 1999 carjacking, kidnapping, and murder of 77-year-old Mary Bowles. His transfer to Oklahoma was previously denied in 2022 due to a moratorium on federal executions.
The timeline of events surrounding the case dates back to 1999 when Bowles was found dead in a wooded area near Tulsa International Airport. Hanson and another individual, Victor Miller, were arrested and later convicted of the murders of Bowles and another individual. Hanson was sentenced to life without parole for armed robbery and first-degree murder. However, his transfer to Oklahoma for execution was denied in 2022 by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Under President Donald Trump’s executive order in 2025, measures were taken to ensure that capital punishment laws were enforced, leading to the approval of Hanson’s transfer to Oklahoma for execution by Attorney General Pam Bondi. Despite Hanson’s efforts to stop the transfer, he has been ordered to be returned to Oklahoma before March, with his execution likely to be set in June.
While Hanson is facing execution, Victor Miller has since been serving life without parole after going through multiple appeals and legal processes that eventually resulted in the victim’s family agreeing to take the death penalty off the table to avoid further delays in the case.
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