Tag: oklahoma
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Death penalty falling, but not in Oklahoma
By Dan Holtmeyer Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — States use the death penalty less and less often across the country, and some have even dropped it altogether, but Oklahoma likely won’t join the ranks of those that have outright abolished […]
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Coalition plans protest and vigil for scheduled execution of Steven Ray Thacker
Steven Ray Thacker, a 42-year-old Oklahoma State Penitentiary death row inmate, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at 6 p.m. in McAlester, OK. The announcement was made in January after Thacker had exhausted all his appeals […]
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Theological Statement in Opposition to the Death Penalty
Oklahoma Conference of Churches – Theological Statement in Opposition to the Death Penalty October, 2012 We believe all people are children of God and that all life is sacred. We further believe that God through Jesus Christ is the ultimate […]
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