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Verna Stafford’s Shocking Parole Bid | Tulsa News
Verna Stafford, convicted in the 1970s for orchestrating one of Oklahoma’s most brutal crime sprees—including the murders of six restaurant workers and a family of three—has stunned prosecutors by passing her first parole hearing. Facing two life sentences, she avoided the death penalty by testifying against her husband, Roger, who was executed in 1995, while his brother, Harold, died before arrest. Though victims’ families have flooded hearings with anguish, demanding she remain behind bars, the parole board sees this move as a way to reduce ongoing trauma—though it would only shift her to…
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