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State will be ready for next execution date, official says
By muskogeephoenix.com- Janelle Stecklein
Published: 09/26/2014

ENID — The state's top corrections official said Thursday that Oklahoma will be ready to proceed with executions by November despite a federal judge’s concerns.

Corrections Director Robert Patton said changes to the state's execution procedures were vetted by the attorney general's office, which recommended some “minor revisions.” The attorney general hired a contractor to review the medical portion of the new protocol, he said.

The last step of revising the updated procedures starts Friday, Patton said, and the prison’s staff will begin training in early October.

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