McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man who denies stabbing a migrant farmworker to death during a 2002 robbery remains scheduled for execution Thursday in Oklahoma. A state panel recommended that his life be spared.

Tremane Wood, 46, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. The Pardon and Parole Board issued an uncommon clemency recommendation last week. If Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt takes no action, Wood’s execution is expected to proceed at 10 a.m.

“I’m not a monster. I’m not a killer,” Wood told the board via a video link from prison. “I never was, and I never have been.”

Stitt, who has served two terms and cannot run for reelection in 2026, has only granted clemency once during his nearly seven years as governor.

A spokesperson for his off

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