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| No delay for executions during drug suit |
| By muskogeephoenix.com |
| Published: 03/11/2014 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County district judge ruled Monday that she would not delay the executions of two death row inmates scheduled for later this month while the inmates challenge the state over the origins of the drugs used to carry out the death penalty. Citing a 1992 state Supreme Court decision, District Court Judge Patricia Parrish said the state Court of Criminal Appeals, which sets execution dates, must decide on requests for stays of execution. State lawyers earlier Monday filed an objection stating Parrish has no jurisdiction in the case. Susanna M. Gattoni, one of the lawyers for Lockett and Warner, said her office would appeal Parrish’s decision with the Oklahoma Supreme Court within 24 hours. Read More. |
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