Death penalty: Why Oklahoma conservatives want pause on executions
Only five states executed people last year. Oklahoma was one of them – and some GOP state lawmakers worry they cannot trust their system to get it right.
Source: csmonitor.com
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Only five states executed people last year. Oklahoma was one of them – and some GOP state lawmakers worry they cannot trust their system to get it right.
An Oklahoma appeals court on Tuesday granted the attorney general’s request for more time between executions.
Here is a look at 11 executions scheduled this year in Oklahoma: