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Changes to Oklahoma Lethal Injection Law

By Steve Hall

Today's Tulsa World reports, "Bill to allow drug flexibility for executions sent to Henry."  It's written by Barbara Hoberock.A bill sent to Gov. Brad Henry's desk would give the Oklahoma Department of Corrections more flexibility in carrying out executions.House Bill 2266 also would put restrictions on whom the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System could represent.Current state law directs the Department of Corrections to use "an ultra-short acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical paralytic agent." The new legislation would strike the language specifying what type of drugs must be used.The new language would give the DOC more flexibility to make changes to the execution protocol if medical procedures change or a court determines a problem exists, attorney general spokesman Charlie Price said Tuesday...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).