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Sep 23, 2021 · As Oklahoma prepares to carry out seven executions over a five-month stretch, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear oral arguments in a case that could expand civil rights for the condemned.
- Keaton Ross
Sep 2, 2021 · On Aug. 26, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Conner asked the state Court of Criminal Appeals to schedule execution dates for seven death row prisoners. Among them is Julius Jones, whose innocence claim in the 1999 murder of Edmond businessman Paul Howell has attracted national attention.
- Keaton Ross
Sep 21, 2021 · After more than six years with no executions and with a trial pending on the constitutionality of the state’s lethal injection process, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has issued death warrants setting seven execution dates in a less than five-month period between late October 2021 and mid-March 2022.
Oct 25, 2021 · If the prisoners’ lawsuit is successful, their executions could be delayed well into 2022, pending the results of a trial that will put the state’s execution record under renewed scrutiny and ...
- Josh Marcus
Oct 27, 2021 · If the federal court rules Oklahoma’s execution procedures are unconstitutional, the state constitution permits executions by nitrogen gas and firing squad, in that order. However, attempts to implement either method would likely face legal challenges from death row prisoners and their legal counsel.
Nov 18, 2021 · Oklahoma and US legislators as well as civil rights activists have been calling for stopping the execution of Jones. The state Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 earlier this month to...
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Civil rights advocates were alarmed that Oklahoma’s death row inmates, including Grant and Jones, are now facing execution before their constitutional case early next year could play out.
