Hood turns back to what’s unfolding behind the prison walls, where Emmanuel Littlejohn, for whom Hood has been a spiritual adviser for the past two years, could be put to death in just a few hours.

Then on Sept. 26 came two more back-to-back executions. Oklahoma executed Emmanuel Littlejohn in the morning − despite a clemency board's recommendation to spare his life − and Alabama put ...

In Oklahoma, Emmanuel Littlejohn is set to receive a lethal injection on Thursday after being sentenced to die for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner during a robbery.