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An Update From Oklahoma

By Steve Hall

Today's Oklahoman carries, "Federal judge issues stay of execution for Oklahoma death row inmate," by Michael Baker.  It has new details about the sodium thiopental the state had in stock. A federal judge issued a stay of execution hours before an Oklahoma death row inmate was scheduled for lethal injection Tuesday.The stay was issued after defense attorneys raised concerns about the sedative to be injected. It was the third stay of execution for Jeffrey David Matthews, 38. And: Federal Judge Stephen P. Friot in Oklahoma City issued the third stay Tuesday after Matthews joined in a lawsuit filed by another death row inmate and challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty. Matthews' attorneys objected to the Corrections Department's substitution of one of the drugs used in Oklahoma's execution process...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 18, 2010 (boomark / email).