Death Row Inmate Wade Lay Execution Put On Hold

The State Attorney General's office agrees to put the January 6 execution of Wade Lay on hold. Lay is on death row for killing Tulsa security officer Kenneth Anderson in 2004.

Monday, December 6th 2021, 9:14 pm

By: Shannon Rousseau

TULSA, Oklahoma -

The State Attorney General's office agrees to put the January 6 execution of Wade Lay on hold.

Lay is on death row for killing Tulsa security officer Kenneth Anderson in 2004.

Lay's attorneys said he lacks the mental capacity to understand why he's being executed.

The state has agreed to postpone the execution until after a competency hearing can be held.

Shannon Rousseau

Shannon Rousseau joined News On 6 in 2019 as an anchor and reporter. She comes to Oklahoma from KTTC in Rochester, Minn. where she spent three years as the weekend anchor, producer and reporter. During her time in the north, Shannon survived three winter