April 30
OKLAHOMA:
Execution moratorium remains the right move for Oklahoma
As 1 of the 11 members of the bipartisan, independent Oklahoma Death Penalty
Review Commission, I stand firmly behind our unanimous recommendation to
continue the current moratorium on executions in Oklahoma.
Sept. 8
OKALHOMA:
URGE PAROLE BOARD TO RECONSIDER CLEMENCY
Richard Glossip is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on 16 September. The
case against him is
circumstantial and he maintains his innocence. The parole board voted against
clemency in 2014. It
should reconsider that
April 20
OKLAHOMA:
'No guarantee nitrogen gas execution is painless'
Oklahoma has added the gas chamber to its execution methods. The head of the
Death Penalty Information Center, Robert Dunham, told RT the decision was made
hastily, with no medical research and that nitrogen was
Oct. 7
OKLAHOMA:
BOOK REVIEWGrisham skillfully lays down law in true story of injustice
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small TownBy John Grisham,
Doubleday, 368 pp., $28.95
In his 1st foray into nonfiction, novelist John Grisham (``The Firm, The
Broker) has crafted a
August 5
OKLAHOMA:
State Court Of Criminal Appeals Denies Stay For Death Row Inmate
In Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has denied a
Tulsa death row inmate's request for a stay of his August 11th execution.
The court Thursday also rejected Kenneth Eugene Turrentine's
July 6
OKLAHOMAexecution date changed
Appeals Court Sets Execution Date
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has scheduled an August 26th
execution date for a man convicted of beating his girlfriend's 2-year-old
daughter to death in 1987.
The court originally set the date for
August 19
OKLAHOMA:
Death row inmates testify in Tillman
3 death row inmates called the Tillman County Law Enforcement Center home
recently, for just an extended stay.
The inmates were transported from the McAlester, Okla., penitentiary. Two
were to testify on the competency of
