Author: Darla Shelden
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Oklahoma executes five of 18 men put to death in the U.S. in 2022
By Khaleda Rahman – Newsweek 12/26/22 This year was the eighth consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center. However, 2022 saw a record number of “botched” and failed executions, the […]
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Federal judge denies injunction in transfer of Oklahoma death row inmate John Hanson
Derrick James, The Woodward NewsTue, December 13, 2022 A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the Oklahoma attorney general’s lawsuit against the federal government over the transfer of a death row inmate for a scheduled execution while state officials seek a […]
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Oklahoma executes death row inmate Richard Fairchild
KOCO Staff Report – Nov. 17, 2022 MCALESTER, OK – The state of Oklahoma has executed death row inmate Richard Fairchild at the state penitentiary in McAlester. He was pronounced dead at 10:24 a.m. Thursday by lethal injection. Fairchild had […]
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