Author: Darla Shelden
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Dead Man Sitting: The future of the death penalty in Oklahoma
August 30, 2016, by Abby Broyles, KFOR News OKLAHOMA CITY– Except for Texas, Oklahoma executes more inmates than any other state. But right now, those executions here are on hold, and 47 offenders are just sitting on death row. What […]
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Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty analyzes grand jury report
Patrick B. McGuigan, editor , The City Sentinel Wednesday, May 26, 2016 OKLAHOMA CITY – The leading group organizing continued opposition to the state’s use of executions as a means of punishment held a major press conference at the Oklahoma state […]
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Executions remain on hold in Oklahoma as grand jury investigation continues, commission begins
Associated Press, Sunday, April 3, 2016 OKLAHOMA CITY — After Oklahoma bungled its last two lethal injections and had a third called off amid a drug mix-up, executions have come to a halt in a state that typically has one […]
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