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05/02/2014

State groups present resolution to halt executions

OKLAHOMA CITY -Several groups, including Senator Connie Johnson, along with NAACP, ACLU and the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty today presented a resolution that would stop executions for a year.In a news conference, Senator Connie Johnson recounted her […]
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05/02/2014

Oklahoma botches execution, raising questions on death penalty in U.S.

(Reuters-By Heide Brandes) – Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett died during a botched execution on Tuesday, minutes after a doctor had called a halt to the procedure, raising more questions about new death penalty cocktails used by the state and others. […]
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04/28/2014

OK-CADP member Lydia Polley speaks with KOKH-TV about double execution

By: Chelsea Washington, KOKH Primetime Reporter/Weekend Anchor, April 28, 2014 OKLAHOMA – A double execution hasn’t taken place in Oklahoma since 1937 and unless the Governor or the courts intervene Clayton Lockett will be put to death at 6 o’clock in […]
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