Hanson arrived in Oklahoma to face a likely execution by the state for his murder conviction. The Biden administration previously blocked the move.

George John Hanson, who was serving a sentence in federal prison, was transferred back to Oklahoma late Saturday so he can be executed later this year.

A convicted murderer has been transferred to the Oklahoma StatePenitentiary in McAlester to carry out his death sentence.George John Hanson was convicted of t

George John Hanson was sentenced to death after being convicted in the 1999 slaying of 77-year-old Mary Bowles, who was kidnapped from a Tulsa mall, but he was serving a federal sentence on unrelated armed robberies.

A man sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a Tulsa woman has been returned to Oklahoma custody, where officials plan to move forward with his execution.