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| Warden testifies she had no role in drafting execution protocol |
| By tulsaworld.com- Curtis Killman |
| Published: 12/18/2014 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY — A prison warden who was supposed to be solely in charge of Oklahoma’s execution protocol testified Wednesday she had no role in drafting the protocol used to carry out a botched execution. Despite DOC policies stating the warden had sole discretion over execution protocols, Anita Trammell testified she did not draft them. Trammell testified that a former Department of Corrections general counsel Mike Oakley provided her an affidavit to sign about the protocol. Trammell’s testimony came during the first day of what is expected to be a three-day hearing in Oklahoma’s Western District of federal court. A legal challenge by 21 death-row inmates claims the state’s execution process is unconstitutional and asks U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot to issue a preliminary injunction halting upcoming executions. Read More. |
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