Oklahoma is still struggling with killing its people — quickly and intentionally, at least. If you recall the last two executions in Oklahoma, which were definitely cruel and highly unusual, you might remember that the lethal injections did not go according to plan. Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner were supposed to go numb and become […]
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Game on
Credit: Brad Gregg Just when it looked as if Oklahoma might need to slow down on executions, the state secured 20 additional lethal doses of the chemical needed to kill death row inmates. Close call! It had been touch and go for a while. In the midst of a nationwide shortage of the anesthetic, Oklahoma […]
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Capital punishment conundrum
Brad Gregg As of this writing, only one dose remains of a drug used to execute death row inmates, of which Oklahoma currently has 64. Pentobarbital, a sedative, is the first drug administered in the three-step lethal injection process. Its manufacturers have stopped selling pentobarbital to prison systems. Now Oklahoma has itself in a pickle: […]