OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — Convicted murderer, Wayne Thompson, is another step closer to freedom after the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended his parole on Tuesday.
Thompson was 15 when he killed his ex-brother-in-law. He said his then brother-in-law abused his sister and beat him up when he tried to protect her.
Man convicted of 1983 murder is one step closer to parole
For the last 40 years, Thompson has lived his life behind bars. He was sentenced to death in 1983, but that sentence was later overturned in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling and commuted to life with the possibility of parole.
He was granted parole in 2003, but was later denied by Governor Brad Henry and sent back to prison…