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In Oklahoma, two death row inmates scheduled for execution filed an appeal protesting the secrecy about where the lethal drugs were obtained. Lawyers claimed without knowledge of where the drugs came from it was impossible to determine whether they were properly vetted and would produce the desired result without undue pain and suffering.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court agreed and issued a stay of execution pending resolution of the legal question. One Oklahoma lawmaker immediately called for the impeachment of all five justices, and the governor announced she would defy the Supreme Court decision and would go ahead with the executions no matter what they said.
In order to avoid a constitutional crisis the court reversed itself and allow the executions to go forward.
Unfortunately, the first execution was terribly botched. The subject remained conscious and stated that something was wrong. After some time, the doctor ascertained that the line into a vein was faulty and the warden ordered the line removed and the prisoner taken into the hospital. On the way there he suffered a massive heart attack and died. The second scheduled execution was then postponed.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/oklahoma-executions.html?_r=0&referrer=
The Oklahoma Supreme Court agreed and issued a stay of execution pending resolution of the legal question. One Oklahoma lawmaker immediately called for the impeachment of all five justices, and the governor announced she would defy the Supreme Court decision and would go ahead with the executions no matter what they said.
In order to avoid a constitutional crisis the court reversed itself and allow the executions to go forward.
Unfortunately, the first execution was terribly botched. The subject remained conscious and stated that something was wrong. After some time, the doctor ascertained that the line into a vein was faulty and the warden ordered the line removed and the prisoner taken into the hospital. On the way there he suffered a massive heart attack and died. The second scheduled execution was then postponed.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/oklahoma-executions.html?_r=0&referrer=
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