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| Executions in Oklahoma held up by panel's probe |
| By nwaonline.com- Sean Murphy |
| Published: 04/04/2016 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- After Oklahoma bungled its past two lethal injections and had a third called off amid a drug mix-up, executions have stopped in a state that typically has one of the busiest death chambers in the country. A moratorium on carrying out the death penalty is in effect while a multicounty grand jury led by Attorney General Scott Pruitt's office investigates how the wrong drug was delivered to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the last two lethal injections. One inmate was executed in January 2015 with the wrong drug and a second man, Richard Glossip, was just moments away from his scheduled injection in September when prison officials noticed they received the same wrong drug. The grand jury, which has been looking into the drug mix-ups since October, only meets for a few days each month and is investigating several other matters. The panel, which meets secretly, recessed on Thursday without issuing a final report of its findings in the execution probe. Read More. |
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