Category: James Coddington

Oklahoma Executes James Coddington for 1997 Hammer Killing

McALESTER, Okla.—Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing. James Coddington, 50, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. Gov. Kevin Stitt declined to commute Coddington’s sentence to life in prison without parole and rejected his petition for clemency. Coddington was the fifth…


Oklahoma Governor Rejects Clemency for Death Row Inmate

OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday rejected clemency for a man facing execution this week for the 1997 hammer killing of a Choctaw man, despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. James Coddington was convicted and sentenced to die for the beating death of his friend…