Admitted murderer Kevin Ray Underwood faces execution Dec. 19. His clemency hearing was delayed after a parole board member came under investigation.

Resignations of two members of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board threaten to delay a death-row inmate’s clemency hearing mere weeks before he is set to be executed. Kevin Underwood was scheduled on Wednesday to plead for clemency before his execution date Dec.

The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office filed an emergency petition regarding a clemency hearing for death row inmate Kevin Underwood on Monday. The move comes after the board announced late last week it would delay this Wednesday’s clemency hearing after two board members resigned.

Resignations of two members of the Pardon and Parole Board have delayed a death-row inmate’s clemency hearing to 10 days before he is set to be executed.

The clemency hearing for Oklahoma's next death row inmate, Kevin Underwood, has been delayed due to recent resignations at the Pardon and Parole Board.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Oklahoma is scheduled to meet Wednesday to decide clemency for a death row inmate scheduled to be executed for the 2006 murder of a

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed an emergency petition on Monday after a clemency hearing for a death row inmate was canceled following resignations on the Pardon and Parole Board.