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Lawyers for Oklahoma death row inmates argued midazolam does not reliably induce a comalike sleep, violating the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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Manufacturers have refused to provide one of three drugs used for lethal injection, so Oklahoma switched to another drug. But critics say midazolam doesn't work well to render prisoners unconscious.
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Newly released records show a condemned Oklahoma inmate chatted with members of his execution team before a botched lethal injection last spring and even…
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Oklahoma carried out its first execution Thursday night since the troubled lethal injection of an inmate in April.Prison officials delayed Charles…
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A federal judge in Oklahoma City ruled Monday the state’s lethal injection methods are constitutional following the execution of a man that went awry in…
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An Oklahoma newspaper has filed a lawsuit against the state seeking the release of records related to the troubled execution of Clayton Lockett.The Tulsa…
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Oklahoma's prison system chief says the state has the drugs it needs to execute four inmates early next year and plans to administer the same three drugs…
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A longtime lawyer for Oklahoma's prison system says he felt pressured by the governor's and attorney general's offices to make sure executions last spring…
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A doctor who examined the body of an Oklahoma inmate who died during a botched execution says he is convinced the man suffered after being declared…
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Attorneys for an Oklahoma inmate scheduled to die for stabbing a prison worker to death in 1998 are asking a state board to recommend sparing his life.A…