Oklahoma used wrong drug labels during recent executions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has used the wrong drug labels during at least three...
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has used the wrong drug labels during at least three...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has used the wrong drug labels during at least three...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has used the wrong drug labels during at least three...
Oklahoma prison officials have used the wrong drug labels during at least three recent executions. Those details emerged Friday during a federal court hearing where attorneys for 28 death row inmates were challenging the state's three-drug method as unconstitutional. Prison officials testified that labels misidentifying the drugs were used inside the death chamber. Department of Corrections Director Scott Crow and his chief of operations, Justin Farris, testified that they were confident the proper drugs were used. Farris said the labels read “rocuronium bromide" instead of “vecu...
The outcome of an upcoming federal trial will have long-lasting implications for the death penalty in Oklahoma.