An investigation of a death row inmate found text messages on a contraband cellphone that showed he ordered an inmate beaten last year and insisted it be recorded, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has been told.

"Smash him bro," Tremane Wood allegedly wrote in an Aug. 23, 2024, text sent from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. "Get it on film bro."

Wood, 46, is set to be executed Nov. 13 for a fatal stabbing in Oklahoma City in 2002. He denies he was the stabber. He is asking the parole board to recommend to Gov. Kevin Stitt that his sentence be commuted.

His clemency hearing is set for Nov. 5.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Oct. 22 provided the parole board a packet of information on Wood that included text messages found on seized cellphones. They also gave t

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