May 8
OKLAHOMAstay/new date of execution
180-day stay recommended for convicted Oklahoma killer Charles Warner; Warner
was set to be executed by lethal injection on April 29. His execution was
delayed 2 weeks by Gov. Mary Fallin.
Convicted killer Charles Warner is now set to be
May 8
USA:
The Executioner's Lament
In 1977, death row inmate Gary Mark Gilmore chose to be executed by a firing
squad. Gilmore was strapped to a chair at the Utah State Prison, and 5 officers
shot him.
The media circus that ensued prompted a group of lawmakers in nearby Oklahoma
to
May 8
USA:
Several states are in a kind of death penalty limbo
Oklahoma officially put death penalty executions on hold Thursday for 6 months
following last week's bungled execution.
The decision adds it to a growing list of states in a kind of death penalty
limbo. 18 states have
