Author: Darla Shelden
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Fallin says state is prepared ‘to hold Richard Glossip accountable,’ activists plead for his life
by Patrick B. McGuigan, Editor, The City Sentinel Newspaper August 10, 2015 OKLAHOMA CITY – In a statement issued Monday (August 10), Governor Mary Fallin said, concerning the scheduled execution of Richard Glossip, “The state of Oklahoma is prepared to […]
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Oklahoma Sets Dates to Execute 3 Men
By Rick M. Green Oklahoman Capitol Bureau Published: July 8, 2015 Three Oklahoma inmates who lost a legal challenge over a drug used in lethal injections now know when they are to be executed. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals […]
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Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Responds to Supreme Court Ruing on Lethal Injection
On June 29, 2015, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Glossip v. Gross, ruling that the anti-anxiety medication midazolam is constitutional for use as the first drug in a three-drug lethal injection formula. The case […]
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