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The rush to execution in Oklahoma comes despite clear evidence that executions have led to unconstitutionally torturous deaths. Autopsies of prisoners put to death with lethal injections including the sedative midazolam are subject to severe pulmonary edema, producing sensations of “doom, panic, drowning, and asphyxiation.”
A southeastern Oklahoma district attorney filed a petition asking for a competency inquiry of a death row inmate days after a state appellate court ruled to uphold a judge’s ruling
A southeastern Oklahoma district attorney filed a petition asking for a competency inquiry of a death row inmate days after a state appellate court ruled to uphold a judge’s ruling
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Friday in favor of a southeastern Oklahoma judge who ordered an execution stay of an Oklahoma inmate in order for a competency trial
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Friday in favor of a southeastern Oklahoma judge who ordered an execution stay of an Oklahoma inmate in order for a competency trial