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April 24, 2014

Oklahoma Supreme Court Reverses Execution Stay After Outcry from Gov., Lawmakers 
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court has reversed a decision that stayed the
executions of two death row prisoners challenging secrecy over the drugs
to be used in their lethal injections. The court granted the stay just
this week pending the outcome of the prisoners' challenge. But on
Wednesday, the court abruptly ruled the prisoners, Clayton Lockett and
Charles Warner, aren't entitled to know the source of the drugs that
will end their lives. The decision follows an unprecedented and
potentially illegal move by Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin that overruled
the court's initial stay. Some Republican lawmakers even called for the
judges' removal from the bench. The prisoners are now scheduled for
execution next week.

 

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