Clemency rejected, Oklahoma to execute James Pavatt next month

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has denied clemency to death row inmate James Dwight Pavatt.

Board members voted 3-2 Wednesday morning in Oklahoma City.

Pavatt was sentenced to death for the 2001 shooting of Oklahoma City man Robert Andrew. Prosecutors say that Pavatt was having an affair with Andrew’s wife, Brenda. However, Pavatt’s defense team says there’s no proof that Pavatt was at the scene of Andrew’s murder…

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